2022 Best Value IS Schools in West Virginia 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 in West Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 West Virginia, there were 52 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,300 and $55,909 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value IS Schools in West Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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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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 in West Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value IS Schools in West Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value IS Schools in West Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Colleges for Information Science (Income $0-$30k) in West Virginia

#1

Marshall University

Huntington, West Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$5,770 Average Net Price

$45,439 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marshall University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value IS Schools in West Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k list. This fairly large school is located in Huntington, West Virginia, and it awarded 17 ’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.

Marshall University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Information Science Schools in West Virginia” list. It costs about $5,770 for West Virginia IS students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Marshall University.

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#2

Blue Ridge Community and Technical College

Martinsburg, West Virginia

#3 in overall quality

$5,792 Average Net Price

$32,340 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Blue Ridge Community and Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value IS Schools in West Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k list. Martinsburg, West Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s IS degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Blue Ridge Community and Technical College also took the #3 spot in our “Best Information Science Schools in West Virginia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Blue Ridge Community and Technical College is $5,792 for west virginia is students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Information Science at Blue Ridge Community and Technical College

#3

Fairmont State University

Fairmont, West Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$7,595 Average Net Price

$37,755 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value IS Schools in West Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Fairmont State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Fairmont, West Virginia, this small public school awarded 14 degrees to qualified ’s IS students in 2019-2020.

Fairmont State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Information Science Schools in West Virginia” list. The estimated yearly cost for Fairmont State is $7,595 for West Virginia IS students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Fairmont State Information Science Report

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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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