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2023 Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Minnesota

5 Ranked Colleges
104 Degrees Awarded
$55,596 Avg Salary
Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for IS for a Bachelor's

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for IS for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Minnesota, there were 147 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,596 and $27,408 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 104 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,071 and $28,140 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for IS for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in information science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent information science programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the information science program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for IS for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for minnesota bachelor’s degree vets studying is.

Top 5 Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Minnesota

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minnesota State University - Moorhead. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for IS for a Bachelor’s. Moorhead, Minnesota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s IS degrees to 35 students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MSU Moorhead, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” ranking.Of the 5,547 students enrolled at Minnesota State University - Moorhead, 99 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 40 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,920. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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 veteran student life at Minnesota State University - Moorhead]](/colleges/minnesota-state-university-moorhead/student-life/veterans/)

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for IS for a Bachelor’s. Located in Winona, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 13 degrees to qualified bachelors’s IS students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SMU MN, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” ranking.Among the 5,152 students enrolled at SMU MN, 10 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 4 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,663. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota]](/colleges/saint-marys-university-of-minnesota/student-life/veterans/)

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Metro State crest
Metropolitan State University
Saint Paul, Minnesota

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for IS for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Saint Paul, Minnesota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s IS degrees to 51 students in 2020-2021.

Metro State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list.Our most recent data shows that 257 of the 7,552 students enrolled at Metropolitan State University were GI Bill® students, of which 157 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,216. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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Bemidji State University crest
Bemidji State University
Bemidji, Minnesota

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for IS for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Bemidji State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Bemidji, Minnesota, this small public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s IS students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bemidji State University, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 128 of the 4,577 students enrolled at Bemidji State University were GI Bill® students, of which 75 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,703. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Bemidji State University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for IS for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Rasmussen University - Minnesota landed the #5 spot on the list. Rasmussen University - Minnesota is a private for-profit institution located in St. Cloud, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Rasmussen University - Minnesota did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list.According to our most recent data, Rasmussen University - Minnesota supports 3,927 students, and 14 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 13 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,244. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

With a freshman retention rate of 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Rasmussen University - Minnesota Veteran Student Life Report

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