2025 Best General Information Science Schools in the New England Region
9Colleges in the New England Region
749Information 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.
College Factual reviewed 9 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of general information science. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 749 degrees in general information science annually.
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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 the New England Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Gain the specialized knowledge and critical-thinking skills required to begin a career in tech with this online associate degree from Southern New Hampshire University.
Best Schools for General Information Science in the New England Region
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.
Top New England Region Schools in Information Science
Any student pursuing a degree in general information science has to take a look at Boston University. Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #23 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Boston U is a great university overall.
There were roughly 225 general information science students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent data year.
Boston College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general information science. Located in the city of Chestnut Hill, Boston College is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #17 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Boston College is a great college overall.
There were roughly 79 general information science students who graduated with this degree at Boston College in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in general information science has to look into University of Massachusetts - Lowell. UMass Lowell is a large public university located in the suburb of Lowell. A Best Colleges rank of #276 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UMass Lowell is a great university overall.
There were roughly 201 general information science students who graduated with this degree at UMass Lowell in the most recent data year.
Norwich University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in general information science. Located in the rural area of Northfield, Norwich is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 7th out of 9 colleges for overall quality in the state of Vermont.
There were roughly 65 general information science students who graduated with this degree at Norwich in the most recent year we have data available.
BHCC is a medium-sized public college located in the city of Boston. This college ranks 45th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were about 15 general information science students who graduated with this degree at BHCC in the most recent data year.
WIT is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston. This school ranks 19th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were about 24 general information science students who graduated with this degree at WIT in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Boston, UMass Boston is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 25th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were approximately 20 general information science students who graduated with this degree at UMass Boston in the most recent year we have data available.
Gain the specialized knowledge and critical-thinking skills required to begin a career in tech with this online associate degree from Southern New Hampshire University.
Located in the large city of Boston, Suffolk is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #280 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Suffolk is a great university overall.
There were about 38 general information science students who graduated with this degree at Suffolk in the most recent year we have data available.
Westfield is a small public university located in the suburb of Westfield. This university ranks 29th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were about 9 general information science students who graduated with this degree at Westfield in the most recent year we have data available.
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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).
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.
