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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in Oregon” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Information Science is the 47th most popular major in the country with 17,504 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across Oregon, there were 26 general information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 26 general information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,186 and $22,478 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in Oregon” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general information science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general information science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in Oregon” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for oregon bachelor’s degree information science students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Oregon University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in Oregon list. Western Oregon University is a public institution located in Monmouth, Oregon. The school has a small population, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Western Oregon University General Information Science Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, George Fox University landed the #2 spot on the list. George Fox University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Newberg, Oregon. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.4% 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 GFU
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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%.
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- *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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