Informatics at University of Louisiana at Lafayette

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

UL Lafayette is located in Lafayette, Louisiana and approximately 16,450 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Informatics section at the bottom of this page.

UL Lafayette Informatics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Informatics
• Master’s Degree in Informatics

Online Classes Are Available at UL Lafayette

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

UL Lafayette does offer online education options in informatics for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

UL Lafayette Informatics Rankings

The informatics major at UL Lafayette is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Informatics. 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.

Informatics Student Demographics at UL Lafayette

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the informatics majors at University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

UL Lafayette Informatics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of informatics bachelor's degrees went to men and 29% went to women.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in informatics at UL Lafayette 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 Louisiana at Lafayette with a bachelor's in informatics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	36
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UL Lafayette Informatics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of informatics master's degrees went to men and 46% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 41% women graduate in informatics each year. UL Lafayette does a better job at serving the female population as it supports 5% more women than average.

In the informatics master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Louisiana at Lafayette with a master's in informatics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

Careers That Informatics Grads May Go Into

A degree in informatics can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for LA, the home state for University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Systems Software Developers	1,300	$76,200
Software Applications Developers	1,190	$81,640
Computer and Information Research Scientists	80	$89,810

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.