General Information Science at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and has a total student population of 52,679.

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.

UIUC General Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Science
• Master’s Degree in Information Science

UIUC General Information Science Rankings

The information science major at UIUC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

There were 15 students who received their doctoral degrees in information science. This makes the school the #3 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Information Science Student Demographics at UIUC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the information science majors at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

UIUC General Information Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 58% of information science bachelor's degrees went to men and 42% went to women. The typical information science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% women. So female students are more repesented at UIUC since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% more racial-ethnic minorities in its information science bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor's in information science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	40
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	25
International Students	16
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UIUC General Information Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of information science master's degrees went to men and 59% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 35% women graduate in information science each year. UIUC does a better job at serving the female population as it supports 24% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	36
White	215
International Students	305
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Computer and Information Systems Managers	17,770	$143,900
Systems Software Developers	17,130	$108,570
Computer Science Professors	1,430	$83,270
Computer and Information Research Scientists	500	$113,350

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 Beyond My ken under License

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