2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Information Science (Income $75-$110k) in Connecticut

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Connecticut For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Connecticut, there were 32 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,850 and $26,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,552 and $24,636 respectively.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut bachelor’s degree is students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Information Science (Income $75-$110k) in Connecticut

#1

Quinnipiac University

Hamden, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$39,265 Average Net Price

$57,318 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Quinnipiac University landed the #1 spot on the list. Quinnipiac is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Hamden, Connecticut. It awarded 3 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.

Quinnipiac did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. The estimated yearly cost for Quinnipiac University is $39,265 for Connecticut Bachelor’s Degree IS students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Information Science (Income $75-$110k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Information Science (Income $75-$110k)

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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