2025 Best Information Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in Louisiana

a bachelor's degree in information science is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #52 out of 363 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Information Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in Louisiana ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 94 bachelor's degrees in information science during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on information science students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other information science students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for information science to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized information science related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for information science students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Information Science Schools

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 Information Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in Louisiana list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Information Science in Louisiana

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in information science.

Top Louisiana Schools for a Bachelor's in IS

1

Northwestern State University of Louisiana
Natchitoches, LA

34 Annual Graduates

Northwestern State University of Louisiana is a wonderful choice for students interested in a bachelor's degree in information science. Located in the remote town of Natchitoches, NSU is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in information science from Northwestern State University of Louisiana

2

Grambling State University
Grambling, LA

33 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in information science has to check out Grambling State University. Located in the distant town of Grambling, GSU is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in information science from Grambling State University

Best Information Science Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Information Science Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	225	152
Georgia	224	344
Tennessee	220	6
North Carolina	213	125
Virginia	213	433
South Carolina	195	116
Kentucky	187	88
Alabama	184	36
Mississippi	169	1
Arkansas	167	28
West Virginia	147	25

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Rankings in Majors Related to IS

Information Science is one of 10 different types of Computer & Information Sciences programs to choose from.

IS Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Information Science	94

Majors Similar to IS

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Computer Science	536
Computer Information Systems	100
Information Technology	18
Computer Programming	8

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to The Opte Project. More about our data sources and methodologies.