General Information Science at SUNY Polytechnic Institute

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

SUNY Poly is located in Utica, New York and has a total student population of 3,044.

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.

SUNY Poly General Information Science Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at SUNY Poly

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

• Master’s Degree

SUNY Poly General Information Science Rankings

The information science major at SUNY Poly 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 SUNY Poly

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the information science majors at SUNY Polytechnic Institute.

SUNY Poly General Information Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of information science bachelor's degrees went to men and 20% went to women.

About 90% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in information science at SUNY Poly 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 SUNY Polytechnic Institute with a bachelor's in information science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SUNY Poly General Information Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of information science master's degrees went to men and 46% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 35% women graduate in information science each year. SUNY Poly does a better job at serving the female population as it supports 11% more women than average.

Of the students who received a information science master's degree from SUNY Poly, 77% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from SUNY Polytechnic Institute with a master's in information science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	10
International Students	1
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 NY, the home state for SUNY Polytechnic Institute.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Computer and Information Systems Managers	27,070	$190,310
Systems Software Developers	19,690	$115,120
Computer Science Professors	3,030	$105,860
Computer and Information Research Scientists	1,430	$131,220

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 Bssasidhar under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.