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2023 Most Popular Information Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in California

9 Colleges
$52,942 Avg Salary
$30,237 Avg Student Debt

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

Information Science is the #123 most popular major in California with 516 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Information Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in California to see which bachelor's degree 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 Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Riverside the most popular school in California for information science students working on their bachelor’s degree. UCR is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Riverside.

Women make up 25% of the IS majors at the school.

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#2

California Lutheran University

Thousand Oaks, CA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means California Lutheran University is a great place for information science students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Thousand Oaks, CLU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Of the 17 students majoring in IS at CLU, 94% are male and 6% are female.

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Out of the 9 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, California Institute of Technology landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Pasadena, Caltech is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Of the 6 students majoring in IS at Caltech, 67% are male and 33% are female.

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The in-demand bachelor’s degree programs at Golden Gate University - San Francisco helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular information science schools in California. Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Francisco.

Full Information Science at Golden Gate University - San Francisco Report

#5

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

The in-demand bachelor’s degree programs at San Diego State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular information science schools in California. Located in the large city of San Diego, SDSU is a public school with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Northridge. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the large city of Northridge, CSUN is a public college with a very large student population.

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Out of the 9 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Stanislaus landed the # 5 spot on the list. Stan State is a large public school located in the small suburb of Turlock.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Los Angeles. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, Cal State LA is a public school with a very large student population.

Full Information Science at California State University - Los Angeles Report

Out of the 9 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Irvine landed the # 5 spot on the list. UC Irvine is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Irvine.

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Best Information Science Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Information Science Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 214
Oregon 9
Nevada 0
Hawaii 12

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

Majors Similar to IS

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 9 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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