2025 Best General Information Science Schools in New Jersey
4Colleges in New Jersey
691Information Science Degrees Awarded
General Information Science is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #47 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in New Jersey to determine which ones were the best for general information science students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 691 degrees in general information science to qualified students.
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Choosing a Great General Information Science School
Your choice of general information science school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall General Information Science School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Pick Your General Information Science Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Information Science Schools in New Jersey ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for General Information Science in New Jersey
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the information science degree levels they offer.
Rutgers University - New Brunswick is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in general information science. Located in the small city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #74 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Rutgers New Brunswick is a great university overall.
There were about 481 general information science students who graduated with this degree at Rutgers New Brunswick in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat New Jersey Institute of Technology if you want to pursue a degree in general information science. NJIT is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Newark. A Best Colleges rank of #176 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means NJIT is a great school overall.
There were approximately 124 general information science students who graduated with this degree at NJIT in the most recent data year.
Rowan University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in general information science. Rowan is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Glassboro. This university ranks 13th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.More information about a degree in general information science from Rowan University
Ramapo College of New Jersey is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in general information science. Located in the suburb of Mahwah, Ramapo College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 18th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were about 25 general information science students who graduated with this degree at Ramapo College in the most recent year we have data available.
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General Information Science Related Rankings by Major
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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).