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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in Louisiana For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Information Science is the 56th most popular major in the country with 18,368 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Louisiana, there were 138 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,900 and $29,430 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 65 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,417 and $24,684 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in Louisiana For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in information science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent information science programs, but they also cost less that 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for louisiana bachelor’s degree is students whose families make $0-$30k.

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

#1

Northwestern State University of Louisiana

Natchitoches, Louisiana

#1 in overall quality

$11,659 Average Net Price

$61,516 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in Louisiana For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern State University of Louisiana landed the #1 spot on the list. Northwestern State University of Louisiana is a fairly large school located in Natchitoches, Louisiana that handed out 28 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.

NSU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Northwestern State University of Louisiana is $11,659 for Louisiana Bachelor’s Degree IS students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Northwestern State University of Louisiana Information Science Report

#2

Grambling State University

Grambling, Louisiana

#2 in overall quality

$17,250 Average Net Price

$45,715 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grambling State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in Louisiana For Those Making $0-$30k list. GSU is a medium-sized school located in Grambling, Louisiana that handed out 27 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.

GSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” list. The yearly cost to attend GSU is $17,250 for louisiana bachelor’s degree is students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Grambling State University Information Science Report

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