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2023 Most Popular Information Science Schools in the Far Western US Region

26 Colleges
$87,566 Avg Salary
$13,956 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Information Science 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Computer Science Degree Search has created its Most Popular Information Science Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. This report analyzed 26 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones were the most popular programs for computer science 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 analysis found University of California - Berkeley to be the most popular school for information science students who want to pursue a degree in the Far Western US Region . UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Information Science Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public college with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Claremont Graduate University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Information Science Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large suburb of Claremont, Claremont Graduate University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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The excellent programs at University of California - Riverside helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best information science schools in the Far Western US Region . UCR is a very large public school located in the city of Riverside.

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#5

California Lutheran University

Thousand Oaks, CA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend California Lutheran University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Information Science Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of Thousand Oaks, CLU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Brigham Young University - Hawaii ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Information Science Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the town of Laie, BYU - H is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Alaska Vocational Technical Center landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular information science programs. Located in the remote area of Seward, AVTEC is a public school with a fairly small student population.

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With a ranking of #8, Western Oregon University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for information science students. Western Oregon State College is a small public school located in the town of Monmouth.

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California Institute of Technology ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Information Science Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the midsize city of Pasadena, Caltech is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#10

University of Redlands

Redlands, CA

University of Redlands ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Information Science Schools in the Far Western US Region list. University of Redlands is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Redlands.

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Best Information Science Colleges by State

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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 26 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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