Information Science at Lincoln University

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

LU Missouri is located in Jefferson City, Missouri and approximately 2,012 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students received a bachelor's degree in IS from LU Missouri.

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.

LU Missouri Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IS

LU Missouri Information Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IS progam at LU Missouri 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 LU Missouri 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 Schools	53
Most Popular Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	110
Most Popular Information Science Schools	200

IS Student Demographics at LU Missouri

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

LU Missouri Information Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 10 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in IS from LU Missouri in 2021, 90% were men and 10% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% 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 Lincoln University with a bachelor's in IS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• 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 MO, the home state for Lincoln University.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Computer Workers	7,010	$82,610
Systems Software Developers	6,440	$94,140
Computer and Information Systems Managers	5,410	$130,610
Computer Science Professors	550	$88,260
Computer and Information Research Scientists	240	$96,810

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 Wiremu Stadtwald Demchick under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.