2025 Best General Information Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

General Information Science is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #43 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 9 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for general information science students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 329 bachelor's degrees in general information science during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great General Information Science School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Your choice of general information science for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we include a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general information science students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other general information science students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general information science related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general information science students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Information Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list to help you make the college decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study General Information Science in the Plains States Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in general information science.

Top Plains States Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Information Science

1

Missouri University of Science and Technology
Rolla, MO

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

34 Annual Graduates

Missouri University of Science and Technology is a great decision for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in general information science. Located in the town of Rolla, Missouri University of Science and Technology is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general information science from Missouri University of Science and Technology

2

Dakota State University
Madison, SD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

19 Annual Graduates

Dakota State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in general information science. Located in the town of Madison, Dakota State is a public university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general information science from Dakota State University

3

Luther College
Decorah, IA

21 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Luther College if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in general information science. Located in the town of Decorah, Luther is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general information science from Luther College

4

University of Nebraska at Omaha
Omaha, NE

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

48 Annual Graduates

University of Nebraska at Omaha is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in general information science. UNOMAHA is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Omaha.More information about a bachelor’s in general information science from University of Nebraska at Omaha

5

Columbia College
Columbia, MO

Basic Certificate Highest Degree Type

40 Annual Graduates

Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, Columbia College Missouri is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general information science from Columbia College

6

Metropolitan State University
Saint Paul, MN

43 Annual Graduates

Metro State is a medium-sized public university located in the large city of Saint Paul.More information about a bachelor’s in general information science from Metropolitan State University

7

Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
Winona, MN

11 Annual Graduates

SMU MN is a small private not-for-profit university located in the distant town of Winona.More information about a bachelor’s in general information science from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota

8

Fort Hays State University
Hays, KS

50 Annual Graduates

Located in the remote town of Hays, FHSU is a public university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general information science from Fort Hays State University

9

Minnesota State University - Moorhead
Moorhead, MN

15 Annual Graduates

Located in the medium-sized suburb of Moorhead, MSU Moorhead is a public university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general information science from Minnesota State University - Moorhead

Best General Information Science Colleges by State

Explore the best general information science colleges for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	475	58
Minnesota	446	104
Iowa	403	19
Kansas	352	74
Nebraska	331	91
North Dakota	251	2
South Dakota	237	21

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to The Opte Project. More about our data sources and methodologies.