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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Information Science Major in Colorado for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 18,325 people earned their degree in general information science, making the major the 47th most popular in the United States.
Across Colorado, there were 283 general information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 83 general information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,670 and $29,027 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Information Science Major in Colorado for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general information science. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in general information science.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Information Science Major in Colorado for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado bachelor’s degree information science students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Information Science Major in Colorado for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the #1 spot on the list. CU - Boulder is a large public school situated in Boulder, Colorado. It awarded 30 bachelors’s information science degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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 University of Colorado Boulder
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Information Science Major in Colorado for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Pueblo landed the #2 spot on the list. Colorado State University - Pueblo is a medium-sized public school situated in Pueblo, Colorado. It awarded 28 bachelors’s information science degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Colorado State University - Pueblo General Information Science Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Information Science Major in Colorado for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Fort Collins, Colorado, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s information science degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on General Information Science at Colorado State University - Fort Collins
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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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