2022 Best Value IS Schools in Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k

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 in Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 Alabama, there were 72 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,071 and $42,935 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value IS Schools in Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in information science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality information science programs that also have a lower cost than 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 in Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for alabama is students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Information Science (Income $75-$110k) in Alabama

#1

University of South Alabama

Mobile, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$20,422 Average Net Price

$47,028 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Alabama. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value IS Schools in Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Mobile, Alabama, this fairly large public school awarded 33 degrees to qualified ’s IS students in 2019-2020.

USA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Information Science Schools in Alabama” list. The yearly cost to attend USA is $20,422 for alabama is students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full USA Information Science Report

#2

Alabama State University

Montgomery, Alabama

#3 in overall quality

$11,878 Average Net Price

$33,864 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Alabama State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value IS Schools in Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k. This small school is located in Montgomery, Alabama, and it awarded 28 ’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.

Alabama State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Information Science Schools in Alabama” list. The estimated yearly cost for Alabama State University is $11,878 for alabama is students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full Alabama State University Information Science Report

• Best Value Colleges for Information Science (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value 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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