2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Information Science in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 the Far Western US region, there were 661 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $85,900 and $41,259 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 31 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,342 and $136,270 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value IS Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value IS Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region doctor’s degree is students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Information Science in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus

Seattle, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$30,294 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid list. University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a large school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 8 doctorate’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Information Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Washington - Seattle Campus are $30,294, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Information Science at UW Seattle

#2

University of California - Berkeley

Berkeley, California

#1 in overall quality

$29,347 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value IS Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the #2 spot on the list. UC Berkeley is a large public school situated in Berkeley, California. It awarded 5 doctorate’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our far western us region doctor’s degree is students with aid list, UC Berkeley has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Information Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Berkeley are $29,347.

Read full report on Information Science at University of California - Berkeley

• Best Value Doctor’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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