2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Information Science in District of Columbia

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in District of Columbia” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Information Science is the 58th most popular major in the country with 17,504 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , information science graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $59,671 and had an average of $31,100 in loans still to pay off.

Across District of Columbia, there were 182 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,336 and $57,203 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 39 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,578 and $24,158 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in District of Columbia” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in information science. That schools that top this list have a program in information science in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in District of Columbia”.

Top 3 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Information Science in District of Columbia

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George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#2 overall quality in District of Columbia

$67,132 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in District of Columbia list. George Washington University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.4% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Information Science at GWU

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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