2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Information Science in Iowa (With Aid)

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 Iowa For Those Getting Aid” 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 Iowa, there were 22 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 22 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,922 and $25,876 respectively.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Information Science in Iowa (With Aid)

#1

Luther College

Decorah, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$23,620 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Luther College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Decorah, Iowa, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.

Luther did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list. The yearly cost to attend Luther is $23,620 for iowa bachelor’s degree is students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Luther College Information Science Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Information Science in the Plains States Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Information Science (With Aid)

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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