Information Science at University of Houston - Victoria

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

UH Victoria is located in Victoria, Texas and approximately 4,922 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 28 IS majors received their bachelor's degree from UH Victoria.

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.

UH Victoria Information Science Degrees Available

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

UH Victoria Information Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IS progam at UH Victoria 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 UH Victoria 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 Focused Information Science Master’s Degree Schools	54
Most Popular Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	55
Most Focused Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	58
Most Focused Information Science Schools	59

In 2021, 17 students received their master’s degree in IS from UH Victoria. This makes it the #68 most popular school for IS master’s degree candidates in the country.

IS Student Demographics at UH Victoria

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

UH Victoria Information Science Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 28 students earned a bachelor's degree in IS from UH Victoria. About 43% of these graduates were women and the other 57% were men. The typical IS bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at UH Victoria since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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 University of Houston - Victoria with a bachelor's in IS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	10
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UH Victoria Information Science Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students graduated with a master's degree in IS from UH Victoria. About 47% were men and 53% were women.

In the IS master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 47% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	0
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UH Victoria 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
• 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 University of Houston - Victoria.

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 BrianReading under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.