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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Master’s in Kentucky 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 Kentucky, there were 132 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,450 and $20,335 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 25 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,847 and $34,311 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value IS Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in information science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great information science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the information science program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

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

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

#1

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$17,358 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$72,899 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value IS Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Kentucky University landed the #1 spot on the list. NKU is a fairly large school located in Highland Heights, Kentucky that handed out 17 masters’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.

NKU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Northern Kentucky University are $17,358.

Read more about Information Science at NKU

#2

Murray State University

Murray, Kentucky

$14,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Murray State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Murray, Kentucky, this medium-sized public school awarded 8 degrees to qualified masters’s IS students in 2019-2020.

Murray State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Murray State University are $14,400, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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