Information Science at Georgia Southern University

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

GaSou is located in Statesboro, Georgia and approximately 26,949 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 154 IS majors received their bachelor's degree from GaSou.

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.

GaSou Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IS

Online Classes Are Available at GaSou

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

GaSou does offer online education options in IS for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree

GaSou Information Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IS progam at GaSou compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The IS major at GaSou 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 Online Information Science Schools	2

Earnings of GaSou IS Graduates

The median salary of IS students who receive their bachelor's degree at GaSou is $46,835. 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 GaSou

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

GaSou Information Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 154 IS students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from GaSou, about 78% were men and 22% were women.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in IS at GaSou are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Georgia Southern University with a bachelor's in IS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	43
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	85
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

GaSou 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
• 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 GA, the home state for Georgia Southern University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Computer Workers	21,500	$90,140
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,990	$143,930
Systems Software Developers	12,910	$105,100
Computer and Information Research Scientists	690	$100,140
Computer Science Professors	470	$85,080

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 Richardelainechambers at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.