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Most Popular Information Science Schools in District of Columbia

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2023 Most Popular Information Science Schools in District of Columbia

5 Colleges
$72,336 Avg Salary
$43,067 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Information Science School for You

Information Science is the #32 most popular major in District of Columbia with 137 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Information Science Schools in District of Columbia ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in District of Columbia to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Information Science program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Information Science Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named George Washington University the most popular school in District of Columbia for information science students. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent programs at Strayer University - Global Region helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best information science schools in District of Columbia. Strayer University - Global Region is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

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#2

American University

Washington, DC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend American University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Information Science Schools in District of Columbia list. The American University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

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Out of the 5 schools in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Catholic University of America landed the # 4 spot on the list. CUA is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

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Out of the 5 schools in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Strayer University - District of Columbia landed the # 4 spot on the list. Strayer University - District of Columbia is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

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Best Information Science Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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State Degrees Awarded
New York 627
Pennsylvania 409
Maryland 833
New Jersey 275
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 5 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.

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