General Information Science at Nova Southeastern University

What traits are you looking for in a information science school? To help you decide if Nova Southeastern University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's information science program.

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 General Information Science section at the bottom of this page.

NUS Florida General Information Science Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Information Science

Online Classes Are Available at NUS Florida

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.

NUS Florida does offer online education options in information science for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

NUS Florida General Information Science Rankings

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

Information Science Student Demographics at NUS Florida

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

NUS Florida General Information Science Master’s Program

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

In the information science 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 information science.

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

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 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.