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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Informatics in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

4 Ranked Colleges
152 Degrees Awarded
$29,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Informatics Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Informatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Informatics is the 278th most popular major in the country with 2,431 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 554 informatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 152 informatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Informatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in informatics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great informatics programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the informatics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The informatics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Informatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Informatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Informatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Informatics in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

University at Albany

Albany, New York
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University at Albany. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Informatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Albany, New York, and it awarded 129 bachelors’s informatics degrees in 2019-2020.

UAlbany also took the #2 spot in our “Best Informatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UAlbany is $18,577 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Informatics students with aid.

Read more about Informatics at University at Albany

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rochester Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Informatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. Rochester, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s informatics degrees to 18 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree informatics students with aid list, RIT has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Informatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Rochester Institute of Technology is $33,167 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Informatics students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Informatics at Rochester Institute of Technology

#3

Widener University

Chester, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Informatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Widener University landed the #3 spot on the list. Chester, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s informatics degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Widener also made our “Best Informatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend Widener is $31,345 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Informatics students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#4

Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Drexel University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Informatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s informatics degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Drexel, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Informatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Drexel is $34,914 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Informatics students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Informatics at Drexel

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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