General Information Science at Northern Kentucky University

Every general information science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the information science program at Northern Kentucky University stacks up to those at other schools.

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 General Information Science section at the bottom of this page.

NKU General Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Science
• Master’s Degree in Information Science

NKU General Information Science Rankings

The information science major at NKU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

Information Science Student Demographics at NKU

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

NKU General Information Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 58% of information science bachelor's degrees went to men and 42% went to women. The typical information science 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 information science 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 information science.

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 General Information Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of information science 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 information science.

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

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 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.