Information Science at Alabama State University

Every information science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the IS program at Alabama State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Alabama State is located in Montgomery, Alabama and approximately 4,072 students attend the school each year. Of the 509 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Alabama State University in 2021, 15 of them were information science majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Information Science section at the bottom of this page.

Alabama State Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IS

Alabama State Information Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IS progam at Alabama State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The IS major at Alabama State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Information Science. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	92
Most Popular Information Science Schools	160
Best Value Information Science Schools	222
Best Information Science Schools	231

Earnings of Alabama State IS Graduates

The median salary of IS students who receive their bachelor's degree at Alabama State is $29,449. This is less than $52,802, which is the national average of all IS majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

IS Student Demographics at Alabama State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the IS majors at Alabama State University.

Alabama State Information Science Bachelor’s Program

The IS program at Alabama State awarded 15 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 73% of these degrees went to men with the other 27% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 61% more racial-ethnic minorities in its IS bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Alabama State University with a bachelor's in IS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Alabama State also has a doctoral program available in IS. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Information Technology
• Computer Science

Careers That IS Grads May Go Into

A degree in IS can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AL, the home state for Alabama State University.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Systems Software Developers	4,360	$105,890
Computer and Information Systems Managers	3,200	$126,300
Computer Workers	1,920	$87,060
Computer Science Professors	410	$92,930

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Spyder_Monkey under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.