Information Science at Grand Valley State University

If you plan to study information science, take a look at what Grand Valley State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

GVSU is located in Allendale, Michigan and has a total student population of 23,350. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 35 students received a bachelor's degree in IS from GVSU.

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.

GVSU Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IS

GVSU Information Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IS progam at GVSU 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 GVSU 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	138

How Much Do IS Graduates from GVSU Make?

The median salary of IS students who receive their bachelor's degree at GVSU is $58,382. This is 11% higher than $52,802, which is the national average for all IS bachelor's degree recipients.

IS Student Demographics at GVSU

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

GVSU Information Science Bachelor’s Program

The IS program at GVSU awarded 35 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 74% of these degrees went to men with the other 26% going to women.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in IS at GVSU 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 Grand Valley State University with a bachelor's in IS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	30
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• 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 MI, the home state for Grand Valley State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Computer Workers	10,900	$76,400
Systems Software Developers	10,320	$88,560
Computer and Information Systems Managers	9,480	$131,100
Computer Science Professors	900	$98,450
Computer and Information Research Scientists	140	$103,350

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 Demhem under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.