Information Science at Emporia 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 Emporia State University stacks up to those at other schools.

ESU is located in Emporia, Kansas and approximately 5,828 students attend the school each year. Of the 735 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Emporia State University in 2021, 10 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.

ESU Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IS

ESU Information Science Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks IS programs across the country. The following shows how ESU performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The IS major at ESU 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	110
Most Popular Information Science Schools	200
Most Focused Information Science Schools	244

How Much Do IS Graduates from ESU Make?

The median salary of IS students who receive their bachelor's degree at ESU is $47,717. 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 ESU

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

ESU Information Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of IS bachelor's degrees went to men and 20% went to women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in IS at ESU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Computer Information Systems

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 KS, the home state for Emporia State University.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Computer and Information Systems Managers	3,010	$119,050
Systems Software Developers	1,870	$94,240
Computer Workers	1,340	$79,300
Computer Science Professors	150	$75,130
Computer and Information Research Scientists	100	$94,300

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 Ethan James Scherrer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.