Information Science at Northwood University

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

Northwood is located in Midland, Michigan and approximately 2,541 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students received a bachelor's degree in IS from Northwood.

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.

Northwood Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IS

Online Classes Are Available at Northwood

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.

Northwood does offer online education options in IS for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Northwood Information Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IS progam at Northwood compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The IS major at Northwood 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 Popular Online Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	16
Most Popular Online Information Science Schools	20
Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	27
Best Information Science Schools	49
Best Value Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	63
	65
Most Focused Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	72
Most Popular Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	97
	116
Most Focused Information Science Schools	142
Most Popular Information Science Schools	170

IS Student Demographics at Northwood

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

Northwood Information Science Bachelor’s Program

The IS program at Northwood awarded 14 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women. The typical IS bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Northwood since its program graduates 16% more women than average.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in IS at Northwood 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 Northwood University with a bachelor's in IS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• 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 MI, the home state for Northwood University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Computer Workers	10,900	$76,400
Systems Software Developers	10,320	$88,560
Computer and Information Systems Managers	9,480	$131,100
Computer Science Professors	900	$98,450
Computer and Information Research Scientists	140	$103,350

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.