by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the New England Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Information Science is the 58th most popular major in the country with 18,325 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, information science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $59,394 and had an average of $28,852 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 1,038 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $67,605 and $24,016 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 427 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,899 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in information science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their information science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The is school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the New England Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree is students.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Norwich University landed the #1 spot on the list. Norwich is a small school located in Northfield, Vermont that handed out 55 masters’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Merrimack College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the New England Region list. Located in North Andover, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 39 degrees to qualified masters’s IS students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the New England Region list. Boston University is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 286 masters’s IS degrees to qualified students.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts - Boston. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the New England Region. UMass Boston is a fairly large public school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 36 masters’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harvard University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the New England Region. Cambridge, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s IS degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #6. This fairly large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 0 masters’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network Information Science Report
Northeastern University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the New England Region ranking. Northeastern is a large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 2 masters’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Simmons University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the New England Region ranking. Simmons University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 6 masters’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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