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by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in New Jersey” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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 New Jersey, there were 691 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,263 and $31,777 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 524 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,273 and $23,888 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in New Jersey” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in New Jersey” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new jersey bachelor’s degree is students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in New Jersey list. New Brunswick, New Jersey is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s is degrees to 385 students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ramapo College of New Jersey. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in New Jersey list. Located in Mahwah, New Jersey, this medium-sized public school awarded 25 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s is students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Stockton University landed the #4 spot on the list. Galloway, New Jersey is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s is degrees to 13 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Jersey Institute of Technology. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in New Jersey list. NJIT is a fairly large public school situated in Newark, New Jersey. It awarded 60 bachelors’s is degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%.
Rutgers University - Newark came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IS Major in New Jersey ranking. Rutgers Newark is located in Newark, New Jersey and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s is degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
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