2022 Best Value Informatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast 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. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Informatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across the Southeast region, there were 161 informatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 56 informatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Informatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 3 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 Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree informatics students with aid.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Informatics in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Lafayette, Louisiana

#1 in overall quality

$12,487 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Informatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisiana at Lafayette landed the #1 spot on the list. UL Lafayette is a fairly large school located in Lafayette, Louisiana that handed out 37 bachelors’s informatics degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UL Lafayette, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Informatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $12,487 for southeast region bachelor’s degree informatics students with aid per year to attend University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Read more about Informatics at University of Louisiana at Lafayette

#2

Mercer University

Macon, Georgia

#3 in overall quality

$21,464 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mercer University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Informatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Macon, Georgia 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.

Mercer did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Informatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $21,464 for southeast region bachelor’s degree informatics students with aid per year to attend Mercer.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Informatics at Mercer University

#3

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$28,903 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Liberty University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Informatics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Liberty University is a large school located in Lynchburg, Virginia that handed out 15 bachelors’s informatics degrees in 2019-2020.

Liberty University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Informatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Liberty University is $28,903 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Informatics students with aid.

Read full report on Informatics at Liberty University

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Informatics (With Aid)

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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