2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 North Carolina, there were 232 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,800 and $41,641 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 116 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,192 and $24,368 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Information Science (Income $48-$75k) in North Carolina

#1

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$11,060 Average Net Price

$59,485 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 72 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s IS students in 2019-2020.

UNC Chapel Hill also took the #1 spot in our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UNC Chapel Hill is $11,060 for north carolina bachelor’s degree is students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Information Science at UNC Chapel Hill

#2

East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$15,784 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Carolina University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Making $48-$75k list. Greenville, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s IS degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

ECU also made our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $15,784 for North Carolina Bachelor’s Degree IS students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend ECU.

Read full report on Information Science at ECU

#3

Winston - Salem State University

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

#4 in overall quality

$15,422 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Winston - Salem State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, this medium-sized public school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s IS students in 2019-2020.

WSSU also took the #4 spot in our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. It costs about $15,422 for North Carolina Bachelor’s Degree IS students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend WSSU.

Read more about Information Science at Winston - Salem State University

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Information Science (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Information Science (Income $48-$75k)

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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