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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 the New England 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 New England region, there were 749 general information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 336 general information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,317 and $23,797 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 12 colleges that offer 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 new england region bachelor’s degree information science students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts - Lowell. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the New England Region. UMass Lowell is a fairly large public school situated in Lowell, Massachusetts. It awarded 160 bachelors’s information science degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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 Massachusetts - Lowell General Information Science Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Norwich University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the New England Region. Located in Northfield, Vermont, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 22 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s information science students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Norwich General Information Science Report
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wentworth Institute of Technology landed the #3 spot on the list. WIT is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 24 bachelors’s information science degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Wentworth Institute of Technology General Information Science Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Suffolk University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the New England Region. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 38 degrees to qualified bachelors’s information science students in 2021-2022.
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%.
Full Suffolk General Information Science Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boston College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the New England Region. Boston College is a fairly large school located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts that handed out 79 bachelors’s information science degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Information Science at Boston College
Quinnipiac University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the New England Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Hamden, Connecticut, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s information science degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Information Science at Quinnipiac
Westfield State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #7. Westfield, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s information science degrees to 9 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%.
Read more about General Information Science at Westfield
Saint Michael’s College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #8. Saint Michael’s College is a small school located in Colchester, Vermont that handed out 2 bachelors’s information science degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on General Information Science at Saint Michael’s College
With a ranking of #9, Simmons University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the New England Region list. Simmons is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 0 bachelors’s information science degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.2% 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on General Information Science at Simmons University
University of Hartford came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the New England Region ranking. University of Hartford is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in West Hartford, Connecticut. It awarded 0 bachelors’s information science degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read full report on General Information Science at UHart
Northeastern University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #11. Northeastern University is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s information science degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Northeastern General Information Science Report
With a ranking of #12, University of New Haven did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the New England Region list. University of New Haven is a medium-sized school located in West Haven, Connecticut that handed out 0 bachelors’s information science degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of New Haven General Information Science Report
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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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