General Information Science at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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

UNC Chapel Hill is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and has a total student population of 30,092.

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.

UNC Chapel Hill General Information Science Degrees Available

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

UNC Chapel Hill General Information Science Rankings

The information science major at UNC Chapel Hill 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 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in information science, making the school the #19 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Information Science Student Demographics at UNC Chapel Hill

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the information science majors at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

UNC Chapel Hill General Information Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of information science bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% 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 UNC Chapel Hill since its program graduates 15% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a bachelor's in information science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	28
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UNC Chapel Hill General Information Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of information science master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a master's in information science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	28
International Students	31
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Computer and Information Systems Managers	12,740	$142,330
Systems Software Developers	7,070	$105,760
Computer Workers	5,940	$88,650
Computer Science Professors	1,640	$72,320
Computer and Information Research Scientists	140	$108,460

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 Marchmain05 under License

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