Information Science at University of North Carolina at Greensboro

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

UNC Greensboro is located in Greensboro, North Carolina and approximately 19,764 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 3 IS majors received their bachelor's degree from UNC Greensboro.

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.

UNC Greensboro Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IS

Online Classes Are Available at UNC Greensboro

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UNC Greensboro offers distance education options for IS at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

UNC Greensboro Information Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IS progam at UNC Greensboro compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The IS major at UNC Greensboro 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
Most Focused Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	194

IS Student Demographics at UNC Greensboro

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

UNC Greensboro Information Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of IS bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical IS bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at UNC Greensboro since its program graduates 33% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% 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 North Carolina at Greensboro with a bachelor's in IS.

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

UNC Greensboro 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
• Information Technology
• Computer Software & Applications
• Computer Science
• Computer Systems Networking

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

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 Willthacheerleader18 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.