2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 18,368 people earned their degree in information science, making the major the 56th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, information science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $58,848 and had an average of $32,600 in loans still to pay off.

Across Vermont, there were 63 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $112,300 and $35,772 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 21 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in information science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality information science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the information science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The is school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Information Science (Income $0-$30k) in Vermont

#1

Norwich University

Northfield, Vermont

#1 in overall quality

$19,015 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Norwich University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Northfield, Vermont, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 20 degrees to qualified bachelors’s IS students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Norwich, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Norwich is $19,015 for vermont bachelor’s degree is students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2

Saint Michael's College

Colchester, Vermont

#2 in overall quality

$18,905 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Michael’s College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k list. This small school is located in Colchester, Vermont, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Saint Michael’s, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Saint Michael’s College is $18,905 for Vermont Bachelor’s Degree IS students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Information Science at Saint Michael’s

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Information Science (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Information Science (Income $0-$30k)

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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