Information Science at Fordham University

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

Fordham U is located in Bronx, New York and has a total student population of 16,364. Of the 2,461 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Fordham University in 2021, 7 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.

Fordham U Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IS
• Master’s Degree in IS

Fordham U Information Science Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks IS programs across the country. The following shows how Fordham U 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 Fordham U 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 Schools	34
Most Focused Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools	36
Most Popular Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	129

In 2021, 97 students received their master’s degree in IS from Fordham U. This makes it the #19 most popular school for IS master’s degree candidates in the country.

IS Student Demographics at Fordham U

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

Fordham U Information Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 7 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in IS from Fordham U in 2021, 43% were men and 57% were women. The typical IS bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Fordham U since its program graduates 23% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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 Fordham University with a bachelor's in IS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Fordham U Information Science Master’s Program

Of the 97 students who earned a master's degree in Information Science from Fordham U in 2020-2021, 52% were men and 48% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	91
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Data Processing
• Information Technology
• 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 NY, the home state for Fordham University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Computer and Information Systems Managers	27,070	$190,310
Systems Software Developers	19,690	$115,120
Computer Science Professors	3,030	$105,860
Computer and Information Research Scientists	1,430	$131,220

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 Chriscobar under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.