2024 Best Information Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in Nebraska

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in information science, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #52 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Information Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in Nebraska ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 91 bachelor's degrees in information science during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on information science students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other information science students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for information science to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized information science related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Information Science Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Information Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in Nebraska list, to help you choose the best school for you.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Information Science in Nebraska

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in information science.

Top Nebraska Schools for a Bachelor's in IS

1

University of Nebraska at Omaha
Omaha, NE

59 Annual Graduates

$56,045 Median Starting Salary

$21,147 Median Student Debt

University of Nebraska at Omaha is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in information science. UNOMAHA is a large public university located in the large city of Omaha.

Information Science bachelor's degree recipients from University of Nebraska at Omaha earn a boost of about $5,177 over the average earnings of information science graduates.

More information about a bachelor’s in information science from University of Nebraska at Omaha

2

Wayne State College
Wayne, NE

20 Annual Graduates

$45,691 Median Starting Salary

Wayne State College is a wonderful choice for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in information science. WSC is a small public college located in the town of Wayne.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the is program make an average of $45,691 in the first couple years of their career.

More information about a bachelor’s in information science from Wayne State College

Best Information Science Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Information Science Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	228	58
Minnesota	215	104
Iowa	197	19
Kansas	184	74
North Dakota	149	2
South Dakota	148	21

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Rankings in Majors Related to IS

Information Science is one of 10 different types of Computer & Information Sciences programs to choose from.

IS Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Information Science	91

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Information Technology	289
Computer Information Systems	275
Computer Science	105
Computer Programming	72
Computer Software & Applications	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.