Information Science at Syracuse 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 Syracuse University stacks up to those at other schools.

Syracuse is located in Syracuse, New York and approximately 21,322 students attend the school each year.

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.

Syracuse Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IS
• Master’s Degree in IS

Syracuse Information Science Rankings

The is major at Syracuse 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.

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in is, making the school the #28 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

IS Student Demographics at Syracuse

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

Syracuse Information Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 52% of is bachelor's degrees went to men and 48% went to women. The typical is bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% women. So female students are more repesented at Syracuse since its program graduates 12% more women than average.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in is at Syracuse 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 Syracuse University with a bachelor's in is.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	88
International Students	27
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Syracuse Information Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 58% of is master's degrees went to men and 42% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	20
International Students	110
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Information Science

If you plan to be a is major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Syracuse University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Information Science	343

Related Majors

• Computer Systems Networking
• Information Technology
• Other Computer & Information Sciences
• 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 NY, the home state for Syracuse University.

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 Justing under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.