Information Science at The University of Texas of the Permian Basin

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

UT Permian Basin is located in Odessa, Texas and has a total student population of 5,530. Of the 935 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of Texas of the Permian Basin in 2021, 3 of them were information science majors.

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 Permian Basin Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IS

UT Permian Basin Information Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IS progam at UT Permian Basin compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The IS major at UT Permian Basin 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	156
Most Focused Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	171
Most Popular Information Science Schools	288
Most Focused Information Science Schools	299

IS Student Demographics at UT Permian Basin

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

UT Permian Basin Information Science Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students earned a bachelor's degree in IS from UT Permian Basin. About 33% of these graduates were women and the other 67% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% 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 of the Permian Basin with a bachelor's in IS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• 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 of the Permian Basin.

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.