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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Informatics Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Informatics is the 246th most popular major in the country with 2,696 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 58 informatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,735 and $124,256 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Informatics Major” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in informatics. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their informatics program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Informatics Major”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Informatics Major”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Bloomington. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Informatics Major list. Bloomington, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s informatics degrees to 18 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Informatics at Indiana University - Bloomington
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Arizona University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Informatics Major list. Northern Arizona University is a large public school situated in Flagstaff, Arizona. It awarded 2 doctorate’s informatics degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.
Read full report on Informatics at Northern Arizona University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Irvine. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Informatics Major list. University of California - Irvine is a public institution located in Irvine, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 12 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
Full UC Irvine Informatics Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Informatics Major. Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis is a public institution located in Indianapolis, Indiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Informatics at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clemson University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Informatics Major. Located in Clemson, South Carolina, this large public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified doctorate’s informatics students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
Full Clemson Informatics Report
University of Florida came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Informatics Major ranking. UF is located in Gainesville, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 7 doctorate’s informatics degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Informatics at UF
With a ranking of #7, University of Nebraska at Omaha did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Informatics Major list. Located in Omaha, Nebraska, this fairly large public school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s informatics students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.3% 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%.
Full University of Nebraska at Omaha Informatics Report
University of Iowa ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Informatics Major list. Iowa City, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s informatics degrees to 41 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Iowa Informatics Report
With a ranking of #8, University of Maine did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Informatics Major list. Located in Orono, Maine, this fairly large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s informatics students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.
Full UMaine Informatics Report
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.
