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Information Science at Metropolitan State University

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

Metro State is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and approximately 7,552 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 51 students received a bachelor's degree in IS from Metro State.

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.

Metro State Information Science Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in IS

Metro State Information Science Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks IS programs across the country. The following shows how Metro State performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The IS major at Metro State 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 40
Most Focused Information Science Schools 87

Earnings of Metro State IS Graduates

The median salary of IS students who receive their bachelor's degree at Metro State is $55,220. This is 5% higher than $52,802, which is the national average for all IS bachelor's degree recipients.

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IS Student Demographics at Metro State

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

Metro State Information Science Bachelor’s Program

14% Women
61% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 51 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in IS from Metro State. About 86% were men and 14% were women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% 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 Metropolitan State University with a bachelor's in IS.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 12
Black or African American 14
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 18
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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

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 MN, the home state for Metropolitan State University.

Occupation Jobs in MN Average Salary in MN
Computer and Information Systems Managers 9,510 $143,300
Systems Software Developers 6,460 $110,460
Computer Workers 6,200 $81,650
Computer Science Professors 390 $93,230
Computer and Information Research Scientists 240 $129,890

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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