General Information Science at Harvard University

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

Harvard is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and approximately 30,391 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.

Harvard General Information Science Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Information Science

Harvard General Information Science Rankings

Information Science Student Demographics at Harvard

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

Harvard General Information Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of information science master's degrees went to men and 64% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	20
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 MA, the home state for Harvard University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Systems Software Developers	25,540	$117,760
Computer and Information Systems Managers	17,820	$156,620
Computer Workers	11,190	$92,110
Computer Science Professors	1,010	$106,670
Computer and Information Research Scientists	720	$116,920

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 Elisa.rolle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.