2024 Best General Information Science Schools in Virginia
7Colleges in Virginia
485Information Science Degrees Awarded
Ranked #47 in popularity, general information science is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in Virginia to determine which ones were the best for general information science students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 485 degrees in general information science during the 2021-2022 academic year.
Choosing a Great General Information Science School
Your choice of general information science school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general information science schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Pick Your General Information Science Degree Level
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 General Information Science Schools in Virginia list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for General Information Science in Virginia
The schools below may not offer all types of information science degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
James Madison University is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in general information science. Located in the city of Harrisonburg, JMU is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #169 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means JMU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 155 general information science students who graduated with this degree at JMU in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat George Mason University if you want to pursue a degree in general information science. Located in the suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #117 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means GMU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 16 general information science students who graduated with this degree at GMU in the most recent year we have data available.
Virginia Commonwealth University is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in general information science. VCU is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Richmond. A Best Colleges rank of #240 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means VCU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 191 general information science students who graduated with this degree at VCU in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Newport News, CNU is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 17th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 30 general information science students who graduated with this degree at CNU in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the suburb of Radford, Radford is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 23rd out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 15 general information science students who graduated with this degree at Radford in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large suburb of Glen Allen, South University, Richmond is a private for-profit university with a fairly small student population.
There were about 1 general information science students who graduated with this degree at South University, Richmond in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Virginia Beach, South University, Virginia Beach is a private for-profit university with a fairly small student population. This university ranks 61st out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were about 2 general information science students who graduated with this degree at South University, Virginia Beach in the most recent year we have data available.
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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).
Removed schools reflect instances of new data identified post-publication that warrant removal of a school from this year’s ranking.
Your choice of general information science school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general information science schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
