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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
General Information Science is the 47th most popular major in the country with 17,504 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southeast region, there were 2,225 general information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 26 general information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,674 and $121,130 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in general information science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general information science.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree information science students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nova Southeastern University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Southeast Region list. Nova Southeastern University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 14 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Information Science at Nova Southeastern University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Southeast Region list. Georgia Tech is a large public school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 2 doctorate’s information science degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Georgia Tech General Information Science Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Southeast Region list. Florida State is located in Tallahassee, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 6 doctorate’s information science degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Information Science at Florida State
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Information Science Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the #4 spot on the list. UNC Chapel Hill is a large public school situated in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It awarded 4 doctorate’s information science degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, 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 full report on General Information Science at UNC Chapel Hill
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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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