Information Science at Furman University

If you are interested in studying information science, you may want to check out the program at Furman University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Furman is located in Greenville, South Carolina and has a total student population of 2,567. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 19 students received a bachelor's degree in IS from Furman.

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.

Furman Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IS

Furman Information Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IS progam at Furman 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 Furman 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 Focused Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	45
Most Popular Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	74
Most Focused Information Science Schools	95

IS Student Demographics at Furman

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

Furman Information Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 19 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in IS from Furman in 2021, 63% were men and 37% were women. The typical IS bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Furman since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in IS at Furman 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 Furman University with a bachelor's in IS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	13
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• 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 SC, the home state for Furman University.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Computer and Information Systems Managers	3,070	$120,720
Systems Software Developers	2,280	$80,250
Computer Workers	1,510	$92,100
Computer Science Professors	580	$76,950
Computer and Information Research Scientists	370	$96,870

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 Greengrass090 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.