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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 a Doctorate Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the New England Region” 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 the New England region, there were 749 general information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 0 general information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $78,470 and $116,265 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the New England Region”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Simmons University landed the #1 spot on the list. Simmons is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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.
Full Simmons University General Information Science Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the New England Region list. Northeastern is a large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 2 doctorate’s information science degrees in 2021-2022.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about General Information Science at Northeastern 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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