by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended IS Major in Nebraska for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 18,325 people earned their degree in information science, making the major the 58th most popular in the United States. 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 Nebraska, there were 187 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,858 and $20,500 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 92 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,838 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended IS Major in Nebraska for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in information science. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in information science.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended IS Major in Nebraska for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for nebraska master’s degree is students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bellevue University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended IS Major in Nebraska for a Master’s. Located in Bellevue, Nebraska, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 64 diplomas to qualified masters’s IS students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended IS Major in Nebraska for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska at Omaha landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Omaha, Nebraska, this fairly large public school awarded 28 diplomas to qualified masters’s IS students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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 University of Nebraska at Omaha
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