2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Science in Indiana (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 Master’s in Indiana 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 Indiana, there were 393 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,800 and $13,488 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 72 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,737 and $39,894 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value IS Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value IS Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Getting Aid

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

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

#1

Ball State University

Muncie, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$26,204 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$67,324 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ball State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Getting Aid list. Ball State University is a large school located in Muncie, Indiana that handed out 37 masters’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.

Ball State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ball State are $26,204, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Information Science at Ball State University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Science in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’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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