General Information Science at University of Wisconsin - Madison

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

UW - Madison is located in Madison, Wisconsin and approximately 44,640 students attend the school each year.

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.

UW - Madison General Information Science Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UW - Madison

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

UW - Madison does offer online education options in information science for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

UW - Madison General Information Science Rankings

The information science major at UW - Madison 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 UW - Madison

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

UW - Madison 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 UW - Madison since its program graduates 15% more women than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Wisconsin - Madison with a bachelor's in information science.

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

UW - Madison General Information Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 65% of information science master's degrees went to men and 35% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	18
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 WI, the home state for University of Wisconsin - Madison.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Computer and Information Systems Managers	5,970	$124,770
Systems Software Developers	3,790	$90,660
Computer Workers	3,700	$74,600
Computer Science Professors	650	$93,760
Computer and Information Research Scientists	290	$77,870

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Czar under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.