General Information Science at Bowie State University

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

Bowie State University is located in Bowie, Maryland and approximately 6,250 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.

Bowie State University General Information Science Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Information Science

Bowie State University General Information Science Rankings

Information Science Student Demographics at Bowie State University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the information science majors at Bowie State University.

Bowie State University General Information Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of information science master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

In the information science master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 58% of degree recipients. That is 22% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Bowie State University with a master's in information science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 MD, the home state for Bowie State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Systems Software Developers	15,430	$119,860
Computer Workers	13,720	$113,330
Computer and Information Systems Managers	10,590	$154,870
Computer and Information Research Scientists	2,900	$119,180
Computer Science Professors	770	$107,350

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 M. Chambers under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.