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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 17,504 people earned their degree in general information science, making the major the 47th most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 521 general information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 35 general information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,161 and $15,228 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in general information science. That schools that top this list have a program in general information science in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree information science students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dakota State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Plains States Region list. Madison, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s information science degrees to 9 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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 Dakota State General Information Science Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Century College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Plains States Region list. This medium-sized school is located in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, and it awarded 14 associates’s information science degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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 General Information Science at Century College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alexandria Technical & Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Plains States Region list. Alexandria Technical & Community College is a small public school situated in Alexandria, Minnesota. It awarded 5 associates’s information science degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Information Science at Alexandria Technical & Community College
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Barton County Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. Barton County Community College is located in Great Bend, Kansas and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 associates’s information science degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Barton Community College General Information Science Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rochester Community and Technical College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Rochester, Minnesota, and it awarded 3 associates’s information science degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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 more about General Information Science at Rochester Community and Technical College
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Hennepin Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Brooklyn Park, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s information science degrees to 3 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full North Hennepin Community College General Information Science Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Newman University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Plains States Region. Newman University is located in Wichita, Kansas and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 associates’s information science degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Information Science at Newman University
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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.
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