2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Information Science in Kentucky

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Information Science Major in Kentucky for a Bachelor’s” 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 18,325 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Kentucky, there were 106 general information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 88 general information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,941 and $26,734 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Information Science Major in Kentucky for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general information science. To top this list, a school must have a successful general information science program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Information Science Major in Kentucky for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Information Science Major in Kentucky for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 2 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Information Science in Kentucky

1

University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

#1 overall quality in Kentucky

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kentucky. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Information Science Major in Kentucky for a Bachelor’s list. University of Kentucky is a public institution located in Lexington, Kentucky. The school has a large population, and it awarded 49 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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 UK

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Northern Kentucky University
Highland Heights, Kentucky

#6 overall quality in Kentucky

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Information Science Major in Kentucky for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Kentucky University landed the #2 spot on the list. Northern Kentucky University is a fairly large public school situated in Highland Heights, Kentucky. It awarded 39 bachelors’s information science degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Information Science at Northern Kentucky University

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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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