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by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in District of Columbia” 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 District of Columbia, there were 182 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,336 and $57,203 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 143 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,686 and $62,807 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in District of Columbia” ranking analyzed 5 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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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 Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in District of Columbia” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia master’s degree is students.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the #3 spot on the list. American University is a fairly large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 51 masters’s is degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, 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 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in District of Columbia list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s is degrees to 59 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.4%, 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 Catholic University of America. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in District of Columbia list. CUA is a small school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 3 masters’s is degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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