Information Science at Nova Southeastern University

Every 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 is program at Nova Southeastern University stacks up to those at other schools.

NUS Florida is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and has a total student population of 20,888.

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.

NUS Florida Information Science Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in IS

NUS Florida Information Science Rankings

There were 21 students who received their doctoral degrees in is. This makes the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

IS Student Demographics at NUS Florida

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

NUS Florida Information Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of is master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 35% women graduate in is each year. NUS Florida does a better job at serving the female population as it supports 15% more women than average.

In the is master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 72% of degree recipients. That is 35% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	2
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Information Science

Information Science majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Nova Southeastern University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Information Science	66

Related Majors

• Information Technology
• 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 FL, the home state for Nova Southeastern University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Systems Software Developers	17,270	$102,590
Computer and Information Systems Managers	16,920	$129,540
Computer Workers	11,060	$78,900
Computer Science Professors	1,780	$78,370
Computer and Information Research Scientists	540	$101,120

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 Dgreco under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.