General Information Science at Bossier Parish Community College

What traits are you looking for in a information science school? To help you decide if Bossier Parish Community College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's information science program.

Bossier Parish Community College is located in Bossier City, Louisiana and approximately 6,090 students attend the school each year.

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

Bossier Parish Community College General Information Science Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Information Science

Online Classes Are Available at Bossier Parish Community College

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Bossier Parish Community College offers distance education options for information science at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree

Bossier Parish Community College General Information Science Rankings

Information Science Student Demographics at Bossier Parish Community College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the information science majors at Bossier Parish Community College.

Bossier Parish Community College General Information Science Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of information science associate's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in information science only graduates about 35% women each year. The program at Bossier Parish Community College may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 2% more women than average.

Bossier Parish Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in information science graduates 22% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Bossier Parish Community College with a associate's in information science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Careers That Information Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in information science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for LA, the home state for Bossier Parish Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Computer Workers	4,050	$66,600
Computer and Information Systems Managers	1,870	$112,860
Systems Software Developers	1,300	$76,200
Computer Science Professors	160	$95,480
Computer and Information Research Scientists	80	$89,810

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.