by our College Data Analytics Team
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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 the New England region, there were 749 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $67,605 and $24,089 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 324 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,593 and $42,781 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in information science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their information science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the New England Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Norwich University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the New England Region. This small school is located in Northfield, Vermont, and it awarded 37 masters’s is degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, 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 Merrimack College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the New England Region list. Located in North Andover, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 25 degrees to qualified masters’s is students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston University landed the #3 spot on the list. Boston U is a large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 225 masters’s is degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% 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%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Boston landed the #4 spot on the list. UMass Boston is a fairly large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 20 masters’s is degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Massachusetts - Boston Information Science Report
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 17 degrees to qualified masters’s is students in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the New England Region list. Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 masters’s is degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network Information Science Report
Northeastern University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the New England Region list. Northeastern University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 2 masters’s is degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Simmons University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in the New England Region list. Simmons is a medium-sized school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 0 masters’s is degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.2% 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 impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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