2023 Most Popular Colleges for Information Science in Oregon

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended IS Major in Oregon” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Information Science is the 58th most popular major in the country with 18,325 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, information science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $59,394 and had an average of $28,852 in loans still to pay off.

Across Oregon, there were 9 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended IS Major in Oregon” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in information science. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in information science.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 “Most Well Attended IS Major in Oregon” list to help you make the college decision.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Most Well Attended IS Major in Oregon

The colleges and universities below are the best for oregon is students.

Top 2 Most Popular Colleges for Information Science in Oregon

1

Western Oregon University
Monmouth, Oregon

#7 overall quality in Oregon

$37,927 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,960 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Oregon University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended IS Major in Oregon list. Western Oregon State College is located in Monmouth, Oregon and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 ’s IS degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Information Science at Western Oregon State College

2

George Fox University
Newberg, Oregon

#8 overall quality in Oregon

$47,419 Average Early-Career Earnings

$26,373 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Fox University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended IS Major in Oregon. GFU is located in Newberg, Oregon and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 ’s IS degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Information Science at George Fox University

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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.

Credits

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