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2023 Best Value Information Science Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$25,819 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$75,213 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Information Science Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 409 degrees and certificates were awarded to information science students who went to a Pennsylvania college or university. This makes it the #36 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Information Science Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for IS students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Information Science Master's Degree Colleges.

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Information Science

Our 2023 rankings named University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus the best value school in Pennsylvania for information science students working on their master’s degree. Pitt is a fairly large public school located in the city of Pittsburgh.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Pitt are $25,248 per year.

Read full report on Information Science at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Strayer University - Pennsylvania. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Strayer University - Pennsylvania is a small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Trevose.

Strayer University - Pennsylvania graduate students pay an average of $15,135 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

The excellent master’s degree programs at Drexel University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value information science schools in Pennsylvania. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Drexel are $37,074 per year.

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Best Value Information Science Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Information Science Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 627
Maryland 833
New Jersey 275
District of Columbia 137
Delaware 31

Information Science is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 20,748
Computer Science 15,813
Information Technology 10,754
Computer Software & Applications 4,047
Computer Systems Analysis 817

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to The Opte Project.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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