2023 Best Value Information Science Undergraduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Information Science Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Information Science is one of the most popular subjects to study in North Carolina. With 224 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 5th out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's computer science students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Computer Science Degree Search has developed this Best Value Information Science Undergraduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina ranking.

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.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Information Science Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Information Science Undergraduate Certificate School

Best Value Information Science Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Degrees Awarded
West Virginia	60
Louisiana	126
Georgia	413
Tennessee	11
Mississippi	1
Virginia	532
Arkansas	71
Alabama	76
Florida	404
South Carolina	117
Kentucky	106

Majors Related to IS

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

Most Popular Related Majors

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 values are for the top school 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.