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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 Master’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in New Jersey” 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 New Jersey, there were 691 general information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 148 general information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,237 and $39,823 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in New Jersey” ranking, we looked at 4 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.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in New Jersey”.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, New Jersey Institute of Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Newark, New Jersey, this fairly large public school handed out 55 diplomas to qualified masters’s information science students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full NJIT General Information Science Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Rutgers University - New Brunswick landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, this large public school handed out 86 diplomas to qualified masters’s information science students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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 Rutgers New Brunswick
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Information Science Major in New Jersey list. Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus is a private not-for-profit institution located in Teaneck, New Jersey. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Information Science at Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus
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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%.
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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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