Information Science at Towson University

What traits are you looking for in a IS school? To help you decide if Towson University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's IS program.

Towson is located in Towson, Maryland and has a total student population of 21,917. Of the 4,791 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Towson University in 2021, 30 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.

Towson Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IS

Towson Information Science Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks IS programs across the country. The following shows how Towson performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The IS major at Towson 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
Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	53
Best Value Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	62
	77

How Much Do IS Graduates from Towson Make?

The median salary of IS students who receive their bachelor's degree at Towson is $50,680. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $52,802 for all IS students.

IS Student Demographics at Towson

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

Towson Information Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 30 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in IS from Towson in 2021, 70% were men and 30% were women.

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 Towson University with a bachelor's in IS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Computer Software & Applications
• Information Technology
• 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 MD, the home state for Towson University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Systems Software Developers	15,430	$119,860
Computer Workers	13,720	$113,330
Computer and Information Systems Managers	10,590	$154,870
Computer and Information Research Scientists	2,900	$119,180
Computer Science Professors	770	$107,350

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 Amouzone under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.