Information Science at The University of Texas at Arlington

If you plan to study information science, take a look at what The University of Texas at Arlington has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UT Arlington is located in Arlington, Texas and has a total student population of 48,072. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 260 students received a bachelor's degree in IS from UT Arlington.

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.

UT Arlington Information Science Degrees Available

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

UT Arlington Information Science Rankings

The IS major at UT Arlington 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.

In 2021, 34 students received their master’s degree in IS from UT Arlington. This makes it the #49 most popular school for IS master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do IS Graduates from UT Arlington Make?

The median salary of IS students who receive their bachelor's degree at UT Arlington is $55,756. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 6% higher than the national average of $52,802 for all IS bachelor's degree recipients.

IS Student Demographics at UT Arlington

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the IS majors at The University of Texas at Arlington.

UT Arlington Information Science Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 260 IS majors earned their bachelor's degree from UT Arlington. Of these graduates, 75% were men and 25% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% more racial-ethnic minorities in its IS bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at Arlington with a bachelor's in IS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	84
Black or African American	24
Hispanic or Latino	39
White	32
International Students	74
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

UT Arlington Information Science Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 34 students graduated with a master's degree in IS from UT Arlington. About 47% were men and 53% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at Arlington with a master's in IS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	20
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UT Arlington also has a doctoral program available in IS. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Computer Science
• 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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Arlington.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Systems Software Developers	28,720	$110,740
Computer Workers	25,620	$90,290
Computer and Information Systems Managers	22,350	$154,650
Computer Science Professors	2,590	$92,350
Computer and Information Research Scientists	1,830	$125,800

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 Kllwiki under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.