Information Science is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #52 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Information Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in Kentucky ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 87 bachelor's degrees in information science to qualified students.
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Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on information science students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other information science students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How easy is it for information science to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized information science related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for information science students working on their bachelor's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Information Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in Kentucky ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Featured Information Science Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
University of Kentucky is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in information science. Located in the large city of Lexington, UK is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Information Science bachelor's degree recipients from University of Kentucky receive an earnings boost of approximately $7,921 over the average income of information science graduates.
Northern Kentucky University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in information science. Located in the suburb of Highland Heights, NKU is a public university with a large student population.
Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the is program earn an average of $31,390 for their early career.
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).
