General Information Science at University of North Texas

Every general 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 information science program at University of North Texas stacks up to those at other schools.

UNT is located in Denton, Texas and has a total student population of 40,953.

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.

UNT General Information Science Degrees Available

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

UNT General Information Science Rankings

The information science major at UNT 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 14 students who received their doctoral degrees in information science, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Information Science Student Demographics at UNT

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

UNT General Information Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 55% of information science bachelor's degrees went to men and 45% 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 UNT since its program graduates 10% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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 Texas with a bachelor's in information science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	23
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UNT General Information Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of information science master's degrees went to men and 64% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	10
International Students	134
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 TX, the home state for University of North Texas.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Systems Software Developers	28,720	$110,740
Computer Workers	25,620	$90,290
Computer and Information Systems Managers	22,350	$154,650
Computer Science Professors	2,590	$92,350
Computer and Information Research Scientists	1,830	$125,800

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 Michael Barera under License

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