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General Information Science at University of South Carolina - Columbia

General Information Science at University of South Carolina - Columbia

If you are interested in studying general information science, you may want to check out the program at University of South Carolina - Columbia. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UofSC is located in Columbia, South Carolina and has a total student population of 35,470.

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.

UofSC General Information Science Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Information Science

UofSC General Information Science Rankings

The information science major at UofSC 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.

Information Science Student Demographics at UofSC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the information science majors at University of South Carolina - Columbia.

UofSC General Information Science Bachelor’s Program

32% Women
36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 68% of information science bachelor's degrees went to men and 32% went to women.

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About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in information science at UofSC 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 South Carolina - Columbia with a bachelor's in information science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 14
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 SC, the home state for University of South Carolina - Columbia.

Occupation Jobs in SC Average Salary in SC
Computer and Information Systems Managers 3,070 $120,720
Systems Software Developers 2,280 $80,250
Computer Workers 1,510 $92,100
Computer Science Professors 580 $76,950
Computer and Information Research Scientists 370 $96,870

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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