Information Science at University of Kentucky

If you are interested in studying information science, you may want to check out the program at University of Kentucky. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and has a total student population of 29,986. In 2021, 49 IS majors received their bachelor's degree from UK.

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.

UK Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IS

UK Information Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IS progam at UK 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 UK 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
	161
Best Value Information Science Schools	175

Earnings of UK IS Graduates

The median salary of IS students who receive their bachelor's degree at UK is $42,916. This is less than $52,802, which is the national average of all IS majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

IS Student Demographics at UK

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

UK Information Science Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 49 students earned a bachelor's degree in IS from UK. About 29% of these graduates were women and the other 71% were men.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in IS at UK are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	35
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UK 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 KY, the home state for University of Kentucky.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Computer and Information Systems Managers	2,800	$119,470
Computer Workers	2,500	$79,420
Systems Software Developers	2,300	$84,300
Computer Science Professors	280	$80,390

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 Seicer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.