by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended IS Major in Wisconsin for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Wisconsin, there were 255 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,005 and $28,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 210 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,390 and $27,888 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended IS Major in Wisconsin for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in information science. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in information science.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended IS Major in Wisconsin for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended IS Major in Wisconsin for a Bachelor’s list. UWM is a large public school situated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It awarded 177 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.
Full University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Information Science Report
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended IS Major in Wisconsin for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Flex landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Flex is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 19 bachelors’s IS degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Green Bay. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended IS Major in Wisconsin for a Bachelor’s. Green Bay, Wisconsin is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s IS degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rasmussen University - Wisconsin. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended IS Major in Wisconsin for a Bachelor’s. Rasmussen University - Wisconsin is a private for-profit institution located in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Rasmussen University - Wisconsin Information Science Report
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended IS Major in Wisconsin for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Carthage College landed the #4 spot on the list. Carthage College is located in Kenosha, Wisconsin and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s IS degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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