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General Information Science at The University of Texas at Austin

General Information Science at The University of Texas at Austin

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

UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and approximately 50,476 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.

UT Austin General Information Science Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Information Science

UT Austin General Information Science Rankings

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in information science, making the school the #30 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Information Science Student Demographics at UT Austin

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the information science majors at The University of Texas at Austin.

UT Austin General Information Science Master’s Program

68% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 32% of information science master's degrees went to men and 68% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 16
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 11
White 58
International Students 100
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Austin.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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