General Information Science at Southern University at New Orleans

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

SUNO is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and approximately 2,264 students attend the school each year.

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.

SUNO General Information Science Degrees Available

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

SUNO General Information Science Rankings

The information science major at SUNO 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 SUNO

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the information science majors at Southern University at New Orleans.

SUNO General Information Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 56% of information science bachelor's degrees went to men and 44% went to women. The typical information science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% women. So female students are more repesented at SUNO since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 63% more racial-ethnic minorities in its information science bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southern University at New Orleans with a bachelor's in information science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SUNO General Information Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of information science master's degrees went to men and 40% went to women.

In the information science master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 88% of degree recipients. That is 51% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southern University at New Orleans with a master's in information science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	3
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 Southern University at New Orleans.

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 Augustus06 under License

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