by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended IS Major in Kansas for a Bachelor’s” 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 Kansas, there were 75 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,514 and $28,003 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 74 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,562 and $28,681 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended IS Major in Kansas for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in information science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular information science programs in the United States.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for kansas bachelor’s degree is students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fort Hays State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended IS Major in Kansas for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Hays, Kansas, this fairly large public school handed out 46 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s IS students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grantham University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended IS Major in Kansas for a Bachelor’s list. Grantham University is a private for-profit institution located in Lenexa, Kansas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended IS Major in Kansas for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Emporia State University landed the #3 spot on the list. ESU is a medium-sized public school situated in Emporia, Kansas. It awarded 10 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Newman University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended IS Major in Kansas for a Bachelor’s. Newman University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Wichita, Kansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% 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%.
Read full report on Information Science at Newman University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ottawa University - Kansas City. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended IS Major in Kansas for a Bachelor’s. Overland Park, Kansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s IS degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Full Ottawa University - Kansas City Information Science Report
Ottawa University - Ottawa came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended IS Major in Kansas for a Bachelor’s ranking. Ottawa is a small school located in Ottawa, Kansas that handed out 0 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
With a ranking of #6, Rasmussen University - Kansas did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended IS Major in Kansas for a Bachelor’s list. Rasmussen University - Kansas is a private for-profit institution located in Topeka, Kansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Information Science at Rasmussen University - Kansas
With a ranking of #6, Ottawa University - Online did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended IS Major in Kansas for a Bachelor’s list. Ottawa University - Online is located in Ottawa, Kansas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s IS degrees to qualified students.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 2 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Friends University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended IS Major in Kansas for a Bachelor’s ranking. Friends University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Wichita, Kansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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