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2023 Most Popular Information Science Schools in Maine

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Finding the Best Information Science School for You

In 2020-2021, information science students earned 8 degrees and certificates from a Maine school, making the subject the 4th in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which computer science program is right for you. 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 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 Maine ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Maine to see which programs were the most popular 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.

#1

University of Maine

Orono, ME

Our 2023 rankings named University of Maine the most popular school in Maine for information science students. UMaine is a large public school located in the small suburb of Orono.

Full Information Science at University of Maine Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Southern Maine. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Information Science Schools in Maine list. University of Southern Maine is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Portland.

Full Information Science at University of Southern Maine Report

Best Information Science Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Most Popular Information Science Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 825
Connecticut 68
Vermont 115

One of 10 majors within the computer science area of study, information science has other similar majors worth exploring.

IS Concentrations

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 2 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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