Information Science at Northern Kentucky University

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

NKU is located in Highland Heights, Kentucky and approximately 16,211 students attend the school each year.

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.

NKU Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IS
• Master’s Degree in IS

NKU Information Science Rankings

The is major at NKU 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.

IS Student Demographics at NKU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the is majors at Northern Kentucky University.

NKU Information Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 58% of is bachelor's degrees went to men and 42% went to women. The typical is bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% women. So female students are more repesented at NKU since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in is at NKU 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 Northern Kentucky University with a bachelor's in is.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

NKU Information Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of is master's degrees went to men and 57% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	11
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Information Science

If you plan to be a is major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Northern Kentucky University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Information Science	57

Related Majors

• Computer Science
• 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 KY, the home state for Northern Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Computer and Information Systems Managers	2,800	$119,470
Computer Workers	2,500	$79,420
Systems Software Developers	2,300	$84,300
Computer Science Professors	280	$80,390

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 Samvscat under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.