2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in District of Columbia

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in District of Columbia” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Information Science is the 47th most popular major in the country with 17,504 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across District of Columbia, there were 182 general information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 143 general information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,686 and $62,807 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in District of Columbia” ranking analyzed 5 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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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in District of Columbia

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia master’s degree information science students.

Top 5 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Information Science in District of Columbia

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American University
Washington, District of Columbia

#3 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend American University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in District of Columbia. American University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 51 masters’s information science degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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 freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full American University General Information Science Report

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George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#2 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in District of Columbia. GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 59 masters’s information science degrees to qualified students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full GWU General Information Science Report

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Catholic University of America
Washington, District of Columbia

#4 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Catholic University of America. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in District of Columbia list. CUA is a small school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 3 masters’s information science degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on General Information Science at Catholic University of America

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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *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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