General Information Science at Northwestern State University of Louisiana

If you plan to study general information science, take a look at what Northwestern State University of Louisiana has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

NSU is located in Natchitoches, Louisiana and has a total student population of 11,447.

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.

NSU General Information Science Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at NSU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, NSU does offer online courses in information science for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

NSU General Information Science Rankings

The information science major at NSU 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 NSU

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

NSU General Information Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 76% of information science bachelor's degrees went to men and 24% went to women.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in information science at NSU 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 Northwestern State University of Louisiana with a bachelor's in information science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	21
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

NSU General Information Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of information science master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

In the information science master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 100% of degree recipients. That is 63% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
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 LA, the home state for Northwestern State University of Louisiana.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Computer Workers	4,050	$66,600
Computer and Information Systems Managers	1,870	$112,860
Systems Software Developers	1,300	$76,200
Computer Science Professors	160	$95,480
Computer and Information Research Scientists	80	$89,810

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 Fitzed under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.