2024 Best Information Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

a bachelor's degree in information science is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #52 out of 363 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Information Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 68 bachelor's degrees in information science to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Information Science School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Your choice of information science for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality is program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to information science students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of information science students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt information science students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized information science related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for information science students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Information Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list to help you make the college decision.

In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Information Science in the Far Western US Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in information science.

Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Bachelor's in IS

1

California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA

6 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat California Institute of Technology if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in information science. Caltech is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Pasadena.More information about a bachelor’s in information science from California Institute of Technology

2

Western Oregon University
Monmouth, OR

7 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Western Oregon University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in information science. Western Oregon State College is a small public university located in the town of Monmouth.More information about a bachelor’s in information science from Western Oregon University

2

California Lutheran University
Thousand Oaks, CA

17 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in information science needs to take a look at California Lutheran University. Located in the medium-sized city of Thousand Oaks, CLU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in information science from California Lutheran University

3

University of California - Riverside
Riverside, CA

24 Annual Graduates

$24,417 Median Student Debt

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in information science needs to check out University of California - Riverside. Located in the city of Riverside, UCR is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in information science from University of California - Riverside

Best Information Science Colleges by State

Explore the best information science schools for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	262	48
Washington	226	2
Oregon	185	9
Nevada	129	0
Hawaii	112	9

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Information Science Related Rankings by Major

One of 10 majors within the Computer & Information Sciences area of study, Information Science has other similar majors worth exploring.

IS Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Information Science	68

Majors Similar to IS

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Computer Science	10,919
Computer Information Systems	3,714
Information Technology	505
Computer Software & Applications	461
Computer Programming	225
Data Processing	90
Computer Systems Analysis	51
Computer Systems Networking	29
Other Computer & Information Sciences	1

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to The Opte Project. More about our data sources and methodologies.