Information Science at Northwestern University

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

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and approximately 22,603 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.

Northwestern Information Science Degrees Available

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

Northwestern Information Science Rankings

The is major at Northwestern 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 Northwestern

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

Northwestern Information Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 65% of is bachelor's degrees went to men and 35% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 Northwestern University with a bachelor's in is.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	28
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	33
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Northwestern Information Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of is master's degrees went to men and 41% went to women.

In the is master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	19
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	19
International Students	15
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Northwestern University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Information Science	100

Related Majors

• Computer Information Systems
• Computer Science

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 IL, the home state for Northwestern University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Computer and Information Systems Managers	17,770	$143,900
Systems Software Developers	17,130	$108,570
Computer Science Professors	1,430	$83,270
Computer and Information Research Scientists	500	$113,350

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 Madcoverboy at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.