General Information Science at George Washington University

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

GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 27,017 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.

GWU General Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Science
• Master’s Degree in Information Science

GWU General Information Science Rankings

The information science major at GWU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

Information Science Student Demographics at GWU

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

GWU General Information Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 55% of information science bachelor's degrees went to men and 45% went to women. The typical information science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% women. So female students are more repesented at GWU since its program graduates 10% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities in its information science bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

GWU General Information Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 53% of information science master's degrees went to men and 47% went to women.

In the information science master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 44% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	6
International Students	18
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 DC, the home state for George Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Computer Workers	18,040	$117,540
Computer and Information Systems Managers	4,020	$168,500
Systems Software Developers	2,690	$115,610
Computer and Information Research Scientists	480	$127,900
Computer Science Professors	210	$123,250

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 Michiel1972 under License

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