Information Science at University of North Georgia

Every information science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the IS program at University of North Georgia stacks up to those at other schools.

UNG is located in Dahlonega, Georgia and approximately 19,793 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,159 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of North Georgia in 2021, 32 of them were information science majors.

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.

UNG Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IS

UNG Information Science Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks IS programs across the country. The following shows how UNG performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The IS major at UNG 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
	71
Best Information Science Schools	75

Earnings of UNG IS Graduates

The median salary of IS students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNG is $50,312. This is less than $52,802, which is the national average of all IS majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

IS Student Demographics at UNG

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

UNG Information Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 32 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Information Science from UNG in 2020-2021, 78% were men and 22% were women.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in IS at UNG 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 North Georgia with a bachelor's in IS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	25
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UNG also has a doctoral program available in IS. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Information Technology
• Computer Information Systems

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 GA, the home state for University of North Georgia.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Computer Workers	21,500	$90,140
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,990	$143,930
Systems Software Developers	12,910	$105,100
Computer and Information Research Scientists	690	$100,140
Computer Science Professors	470	$85,080

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.