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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate” ranking.
General Information Science is the 47th most popular major in the country with 18,325 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 2,411 general information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 25 general information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,305 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in general information science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular general information science programs in the United States.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree information science students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate. This large school is located in Champaign, Illinois, and it awarded 15 doctorate’s information science degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on General Information Science at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate list. This large school is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s information science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on General Information Science at U-M
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate. Milwaukee, Wisconsin is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s information science degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Information Science at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
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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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