Information Science at University of Maryland - College Park

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

UMCP is located in College Park, Maryland and has a total student population of 40,709.

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.

UMCP Information Science Degrees Available

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

UMCP Information Science Rankings

The is major at UMCP 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.

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in is, making the school the #9 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

IS Student Demographics at UMCP

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the is majors at University of Maryland - College Park.

UMCP Information Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 65% of is bachelor's degrees went to men and 35% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% 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 Maryland - College Park with a bachelor's in is.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	212
Black or African American	124
Hispanic or Latino	49
White	198
International Students	30
Other Races/Ethnicities	48

UMCP Information Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 58% of is master's degrees went to men and 42% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Maryland - College Park with a master's in is.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Information Science

Information Science majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Maryland - College Park. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Information Science	674

Related Majors

• Computer Information Systems
• Computer Science

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 University of Maryland - College Park.

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 Bgervais under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.