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Best Information Sciences Schools (2026): 109 Ranked by Salary & ROI

109 schools ranked by TSW Score · Updated 2026

These are the top schools offering Information Sciences, ranked by TradeSchoolOutlook Score. The score combines graduate earnings, job market demand, and return on tuition investment. The average Information Sciences graduate earns $38,486/yr across 109 schools.

Programs Ranked

109

Avg Earnings

$38,486/yr

Avg TSW Score

69/100

#1 School

Des Moines Area Community College

$60,163/yr

BLS projects 12.0% employment growth for occupations in this field from 2024–2034, with approximately 339 annual job openings per related program area.

All Information Sciences Programs Ranked

Click any row for full earnings projections and career path breakdown.

#	School	TSW Score	Earnings	ROI
1	Des Moines Area Community College Ankeny, IA · Information Sciences	78 70–80	$60,163/yr	53.2x
2	University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NE · Information Sciences	83 72–86	$58,750/yr	91.5x
3	Colorado State University Global Aurora, CO · Information Sciences	82 73–84	$61,737/yr	72.5x
4	Front Range Community College Westminster, CO · Information Sciences	79 69–82	$53,219/yr	71.1x
5	Southeast Community College Area Lincoln, NE · Information Sciences	83 73–85	$55,738/yr	93.0x
6	Wake Technical Community College Raleigh, NC · Information Sciences	87 78–89	$55,264/yr	235.6x
7	Salt Lake Community College Salt Lake City, UT · Information Sciences	86 77–88	$57,428/yr	133.9x
8	Salt Lake Community College Salt Lake City, UT · Information Sciences	83 71–86	$55,961/yr	97.4x
9	Gateway Community and Technical College Florence, KY · Information Sciences	77 67–80	$49,753/yr	64.0x
10	Oklahoma City Community College Oklahoma City, OK · Information Sciences	78 69–80	$49,198/yr	68.3x
11	Austin Community College District Austin, TX · Information Sciences	84 73–86	$49,032/yr	125.9x
12	Northwood Technical College Rice Lake, WI · Information Sciences	83 74–85	$50,239/yr	110.0x
13	Metropolitan Community College Area Omaha, NE · Information Sciences	83 71–85	$48,719/yr	112.3x
14	Durham Technical Community College Durham, NC · Information Sciences	85 76–87	$46,966/yr	235.5x
15	Wake Technical Community College Raleigh, NC · Information Sciences	84 73–86	$48,280/yr	140.2x
16	Front Range Community College Westminster, CO · Information Sciences	81 72–83	$45,174/yr	107.7x
17	Gateway Community and Technical College Florence, KY · Information Sciences	81 72–83	$45,428/yr	96.6x
18	Durham Technical Community College Durham, NC · Information Sciences	82 73–84	$45,847/yr	114.4x
19	Cameron University Lawton, OK · Information Sciences	73 62–76	$48,190/yr	46.9x
20	Pellissippi State Community College Knoxville, TN · Information Sciences	74 64–76	$44,224/yr	58.1x
21	Jefferson Community and Technical College Louisville, KY · Information Sciences	78 70–80	$41,543/yr	87.3x
22	Chattanooga State Community College Chattanooga, TN · Information Sciences	73 63–76	$41,400/yr	58.9x
23	Ivy Tech Community College Indianapolis, IN · Information Sciences	71 62–73	$41,560/yr	49.5x
24	West Kentucky Community and Technical College Paducah, KY · Information Sciences	74 62–77	$41,232/yr	62.8x
25	Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College Asheville, NC · Information Sciences	75 67–78	$41,027/yr	70.2x
26	Central Piedmont Community College Charlotte, NC · Information Sciences	79 67–81	$40,854/yr	103.5x
27	Community College of Allegheny County Pittsburgh, PA · Information Sciences	72 60–74	$39,461/yr	56.6x
28	Nashville State Community College Nashville, TN · Information Sciences	71 63–73	$42,160/yr	45.9x
29	Northern Virginia Community College Annandale, VA · Information Sciences	71 59–74	$39,679/yr	63.0x
30	Bluegrass Community and Technical College Lexington, KY · Information Sciences	69 60–72	$38,850/yr	48.2x
31	Jefferson Community and Technical College Louisville, KY · Information Sciences	72 60–75	$39,235/yr	57.7x
32	Maysville Community and Technical College Maysville, KY · Information Sciences	76 68–79	$39,342/yr	83.5x
33	Baltimore City Community College Baltimore, MD · Information Sciences	79 70–81	$38,858/yr	116.3x
34	Nassau Community College Garden City, NY · Information Sciences	70 57–73	$39,199/yr	51.4x
35	Forsyth Technical Community College Winston-Salem, NC · Information Sciences	76 68–78	$38,837/yr	85.1x
36	Guilford Technical Community College Jamestown, NC · Information Sciences	76 67–78	$37,728/yr	91.0x
37	Southern Careers Institute-Austin Austin, TX · Information Sciences	70 60–72	$52,079/yr	—
38	Lone Star College System The Woodlands, TX · Information Sciences	76 65–78	$39,224/yr	80.9x
39	Tarrant County College District Fort Worth, TX · Information Sciences	81 72–83	$37,808/yr	316.4x
40	Ivy Tech Community College Indianapolis, IN · Information Sciences	74 65–76	$36,178/yr	80.3x
41	Bluegrass Community and Technical College Lexington, KY · Information Sciences	74 66–76	$37,019/yr	77.7x
42	West Kentucky Community and Technical College Paducah, KY · Information Sciences	74 65–76	$36,332/yr	77.0x
43	Minnesota State Community and Technical College Fergus Falls, MN · Information Sciences	70 62–72	$44,836/yr	37.0x
44	Northeast Community College Norfolk, NE · Information Sciences	69 61–71	$37,509/yr	47.8x
45	Davidson-Davie Community College Thomasville, NC · Information Sciences	79 70–82	$36,168/yr	181.9x
46	Guilford Technical Community College Jamestown, NC · Information Sciences	80 70–82	$36,227/yr	201.4x
47	Brightpoint Community College Chester, VA · Information Sciences	69 61–71	$40,984/yr	40.5x
48	Tidewater Community College Norfolk, VA · Information Sciences	70 63–72	$45,084/yr	36.6x
49	Somerset Community College Somerset, KY · Information Sciences	73 64–75	$34,992/yr	74.2x
50	Somerset Community College Somerset, KY · Information Sciences	68 59–70	$37,343/yr	45.1x
51	Davidson-Davie Community College Thomasville, NC · Information Sciences	75 66–77	$35,638/yr	89.1x
52	Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Salisbury, NC · Information Sciences	79 69–81	$34,853/yr	210.1x
53	Owensboro Community and Technical College Owensboro, KY · Information Sciences	73 64–75	$35,174/yr	74.5x
54	University of Phoenix-Arizona Phoenix, AZ · Information Sciences	67 59–69	$48,236/yr	26.4x
55	San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia Visalia, CA · Information Sciences	66 57–69	$42,479/yr	—
56	San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia Visalia, CA · Information Sciences	67 58–70	$44,653/yr	—
57	Madisonville Community College Madisonville, KY · Information Sciences	72 64–74	$34,207/yr	72.5x
58	Bristol Community College Fall River, MA · Information Sciences	67 55–69	$34,193/yr	47.2x
59	Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH · Information Sciences	67 56–70	$50,111/yr	23.1x
60	Central New Mexico Community College Albuquerque, NM · Information Sciences	77 65–79	$34,156/yr	129.3x
61	Erie Community College Buffalo, NY · Information Sciences	67 54–69	$35,253/yr	45.3x
62	San Jacinto Community College Pasadena, TX · Information Sciences	76 65–78	$33,893/yr	120.4x
63	Valencia College Orlando, FL · Information Sciences	71 60–74	$31,754/yr	81.7x
64	Fayetteville Technical Community College Fayetteville, NC · Information Sciences	77 66–79	$32,154/yr	173.6x
65	Walters State Community College Morristown, TN · Information Sciences	66 58–68	$36,266/yr	39.1x
66	Dixie Technical College Saint George, UT · Information Sciences	66 57–68	$41,631/yr	—
67	Georgia Military College Milledgeville, GA · Information Sciences	66 57–68	$42,285/yr	30.2x
68	John C Calhoun State Community College Tanner, AL · Information Sciences	65 57–67	$36,258/yr	38.4x
69	Mount Wachusett Community College Gardner, MA · Information Sciences	65 58–67	$38,975/yr	31.5x
70	Summit Academy Opportunities Industrialization Center Minneapolis, MN · Information Sciences	65 56–67	$39,833/yr	—
71	Jackson State Community College Jackson, TN · Information Sciences	65 53–68	$30,258/yr	51.0x
72	Passaic County Community College Paterson, NJ · Information Sciences	64 51–66	$31,346/yr	43.4x
73	Volunteer State Community College Gallatin, TN · Information Sciences	65 57–67	$35,042/yr	37.7x
74	Owensboro Community and Technical College Owensboro, KY · Information Sciences	64 57–66	$34,623/yr	36.2x
75	Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College Bowling Green, KY · Information Sciences	66 58–68	$28,568/yr	60.4x
76	Maysville Community and Technical College Maysville, KY · Information Sciences	63 56–65	$34,120/yr	35.6x
77	Southwest Tennessee Community College Memphis, TN · Information Sciences	63 55–65	$33,171/yr	35.5x
78	Western Technical College El Paso, TX · Information Sciences	63 53–65	$35,577/yr	—
79	Western Technical College El Paso, TX · Information Sciences	63 53–65	$35,577/yr	—
80	Delaware Technical Community College-Terry Dover, DE · Information Sciences	60 48–63	$27,161/yr	53.2x
81	Florida Career College-Miami Miami, FL · Information Sciences	62 52–64	$33,899/yr	—
82	Columbia College Columbia, MO · Information Sciences	62 53–64	$47,167/yr	8.7x
83	CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College New York, NY · Information Sciences	59 47–62	$26,582/yr	53.3x
84	Florida Career College-Pembroke Pines Pembroke Pines, FL · Information Sciences	62 52–64	$33,899/yr	—
85	Florida Career College-West Palm Beach West Palm Beach, FL · Information Sciences	62 52–64	$33,899/yr	—
86	Florida Career College-Hialeah Hialeah, FL · Information Sciences	62 52–64	$33,899/yr	—
87	Florida Career College-Lauderdale Lakes Lauderdale Lakes, FL · Information Sciences	62 52–64	$33,899/yr	—
88	Florida Career College-Tampa Tampa, FL · Information Sciences	62 52–64	$33,899/yr	—
89	Florida Career College-Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL · Information Sciences	62 52–64	$33,899/yr	—
90	Florida Career College-Boynton Beach Boynton Beach, FL · Information Sciences	62 52–64	$33,899/yr	—
91	Florida Career College-Margate Margate, FL · Information Sciences	62 52–64	$33,899/yr	—
92	Florida Career College-Orlando Orlando, FL · Information Sciences	62 52–64	$33,899/yr	—
93	Florida Career College-Houston Houston, TX · Information Sciences	62 52–64	$33,899/yr	—
94	University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College North Little Rock, AR · Information Sciences	61 54–63	$32,267/yr	32.3x
95	Hudson County Community College Jersey City, NJ · Information Sciences	58 46–61	$25,735/yr	60.5x
96	Northeast State Community College Blountville, TN · Information Sciences	61 50–64	$27,882/yr	43.5x
97	Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College Bowling Green, KY · Information Sciences	60 47–62	$26,025/yr	46.2x
98	SOWELA Technical Community College Lake Charles, LA · Information Sciences	60 53–63	$30,360/yr	34.6x
99	Monroe Community College Rochester, NY · Information Sciences	60 53–62	$33,038/yr	27.2x
100	Brookdale Community College Lincroft, NJ · Information Sciences	59 51–61	$31,827/yr	25.9x
101	Bridgerland Technical College Logan, UT · Information Sciences	59 50–61	$30,139/yr	—
102	Community College of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA · Information Sciences	54 42–57	$21,223/yr	52.8x
103	South Texas College McAllen, TX · Information Sciences	58 47–60	$26,755/yr	36.9x
104	UCNJ Union College of Union County NJ Cranford, NJ · Information Sciences	50 39–53	$18,160/yr	49.2x
105	Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale, FL · Information Sciences	56 47–58	$35,883/yr	8.5x
106	CUNY New York City College of Technology Brooklyn, NY · Information Sciences	50 39–53	$21,375/yr	39.6x
107	Career Technical Institute Washington, DC · Information Sciences	55 45–57	$24,482/yr	—
108	St. Augustine College Chicago, IL · Information Sciences	54 45–56	$30,889/yr	10.6x
109	Monroe College Bronx, NY · Information Sciences	47 37–50	$22,788/yr	9.3x

Programs by State

Top states by program availability. Click a state for the full in-state ranking.

State	Programs	Avg Earnings	Avg TSW Score
Kentucky	17	$37,282/yr	56
North Carolina	13	$40,757/yr	59
Florida	12	$33,886/yr	50
Texas	9	$38,205/yr	54
Tennessee	8	$36,300/yr	55
New York	6	$29,706/yr	48
Utah	4	$46,290/yr	57
New Jersey	4	$26,767/yr	48
Nebraska	4	$50,179/yr	62
Virginia	3	$41,916/yr	58
Colorado	3	$53,377/yr	63
Pennsylvania	2	$30,342/yr	53
Oklahoma	2	$48,694/yr	62
Minnesota	2	$42,335/yr	55
Massachusetts	2	$36,584/yr	54

About This Ranking

What we ranked

Best Information Sciences Schools ranks 109 programs across the United States by the TradeSchoolOutlook Score, which combines graduate earnings, return on investment, and job-market demand into a single 0-100 metric.

Data sources

Earnings figures come from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, which tracks graduate income one and five years after program completion. Job-market projections use Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024-2034 employment data.

How to read the table

Use the sort controls below the headline to re-rank by earnings, ROI, or other metrics. Click any school name for full earnings projections, three-scenario modeling, and detailed program data. Most students attend a school within driving distance — local rankings are usually more actionable than national.

Caveats & limitations

Rankings reflect what the data can measure: post-graduation earnings, debt levels, and broad labor-market trends. They cannot capture program quality nuances like instructor expertise, hands-on equipment access, or industry connections. Treat rankings as a starting point — visit schools and talk to current students before committing.

Methodology

Programs are ranked by TradeSchoolOutlook Score, which combines graduate earnings (Year 1 after graduation), job market size (BLS annual openings), and earnings-to-tuition multiple (projected earnings vs. program tuition).

Earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, which reports actual median earnings of graduates — not self-reported surveys.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best school for Information Sciences?

Based on our TradeSchoolOutlook Score, Des Moines Area Community College ranks #1 for Information Sciences with a score of 78/100 and graduate earnings of $60,163/yr.

How much do Information Sciences graduates earn?

Across 109 schools, Information Sciences graduates earn an average of $38,486/yr in their first year. The highest-earning program reports $61,737/yr.

Data: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (earnings, debt), Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024–2034 (employment projections). Last updated 2025.