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Information Science at University of Massachusetts - Boston

If you plan to study information science, take a look at what University of Massachusetts - Boston has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UMass Boston is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 16,259.

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.

UMass Boston Information Science Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in IS

UMass Boston Information Science Rankings

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IS Student Demographics at UMass Boston

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

UMass Boston Information Science Master’s Program

44% Women
11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 36 IS students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UMass Boston, about 56% were men and 44% were women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 8
International Students 23
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 MA, the home state for University of Massachusetts - Boston.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Systems Software Developers 25,540 $117,760
Computer and Information Systems Managers 17,820 $156,620
Computer Workers 11,190 $92,110
Computer Science Professors 1,010 $106,670
Computer and Information Research Scientists 720 $116,920

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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