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2023 Best Value Information Science Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$26,925 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$75,213 Avg Salary

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

With 18,325 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, information science is the #4 most popular major in the United States.

Today's computer science students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Information Science Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking is one of many tools that Computer Science Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Far Western US Region 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 the Far Western US Region

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

Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Information Science

Our analysis found University of California - Berkeley to be the best value school for information science students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Far Western US Region . UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC Berkeley are $29,262 per year.

UC Berkeley also made our Best Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list, coming in at #3.

Full Information Science at University of California - Berkeley Report

Out of the 3 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW Seattle are $30,912 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UW Seattle is ranked #5 for overall quality for IS in the Far Western US Region .

Read full report on Information Science at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

The excellent master’s degree programs at Hawaii Pacific University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value information science schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of Honolulu, Hawaii Pacific University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Hawaii Pacific University graduate students pay an average of $20,600 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Information Science Colleges by State

Explore the best information science schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 214
California 516
Oregon 9
Nevada 0
Hawaii 12

Information Science is one of 10 different types of computer science programs to choose from.

IS Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
General Information Science 18,325

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 88,434
Computer Science 59,565
Information Technology 40,555
Computer Systems Networking 14,700
Computer Software & Applications 14,336

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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