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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Information Science (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

9 Ranked Colleges
502 Degrees Awarded
$18,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue IS Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $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 the Southwest region, there were 1,974 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,725 and $33,240 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 502 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 9 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the information science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Vallue IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree is students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 9 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Information Science (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k. This large school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 126 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech also made our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Tech is $17,571 for southwest region bachelor’s degree is students whose families make more than $110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Texas Tech University Information Science Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is located in Edinburg, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s IS degrees to qualified students.

UT Rio Grande Valley also made our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #9. It costs about $4,514 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree IS students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend UT Rio Grande Valley.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Information Science at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Vallue IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Arlington landed the #3 spot on the list. UT Arlington is a large school located in Arlington, Texas that handed out 233 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Arlington did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $14,246 for southwest region bachelor’s degree is students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend UT Arlington.

Read more about Information Science at The University of Texas at Arlington

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas of the Permian Basin. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Vallue IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. UT Permian Basin is a public institution located in Odessa, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Permian Basin not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend The University of Texas of the Permian Basin is $10,092 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree IS students whose families make more than $110k.

Read more about Information Science at The University of Texas of the Permian Basin

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southeastern Oklahoma State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Vallue IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k. Southeastern Oklahoma State University is a public institution located in Durant, Oklahoma. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Southeastern Oklahoma State University also took the #10 spot in our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Southeastern Oklahoma State University is $8,237 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree IS students whose families make more than $110k.

Read more about Information Science at Southeastern Oklahoma State University

University of Houston - Victoria did quite well in the 2022 Best Vallue IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking, coming in at #6. This small school is located in Victoria, Texas, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.

UH Victoria not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UH Victoria is $8,967 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree IS students whose families make more than $110k.

Full UH Victoria Information Science Report

With a ranking of #7, University of North Texas did quite well on the 2022 Best Vallue IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. This large school is located in Denton, Texas, and it awarded 44 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree is students whose families make more than $110k list, UNT has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UNT is $15,086 for southwest region bachelor’s degree is students whose families make more than $110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read more about Information Science at UNT

#3 in overall quality

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Vallue IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking, coming in at #8. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a public institution located in Norman, Oklahoma. The school has a large population, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma also made our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend University of Oklahoma is $21,145 for southwest region bachelor’s degree is students whose families make more than $110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Information Science at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

Texas A&M University - Commerce came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Vallue IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking. Texas A&M University - Commerce is a fairly large school located in Commerce, Texas that handed out 22 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Commerce did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M Commerce is $13,017 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree IS students whose families make more than $110k.

Read more about Information Science at Texas A&M Commerce

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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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