20
Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
944
Master's Degrees
If you pursue a master's degree in
general information science, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #29 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 20 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Information Science Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 944 master's degrees in general information science during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology
The information science master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality information science program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
- Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general information science students as compared to other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other general information science students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
- Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general information science related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general information science students working on their master's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Information Science Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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