Information Science at Virginia Commonwealth University

What traits are you looking for in a IS school? To help you decide if Virginia Commonwealth University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's IS program.

VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and approximately 29,070 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 171 IS majors received their bachelor's degree from VCU.

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.

VCU Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IS
• Master’s Degree in IS

VCU Information Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IS progam at VCU 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 VCU 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 Popular Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools	8
Most Focused Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools	18
Best Value Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools	23
Most Focused Information Science Schools	80

In 2021, 15 students received their master’s degree in IS from VCU. This makes it the #73 most popular school for IS master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do IS Graduates from VCU Make?

The median salary of IS students who receive their bachelor's degree at VCU is $53,416. This is 1% higher than $52,802, which is the national average for all IS bachelor's degree recipients.

IS Student Demographics at VCU

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

VCU Information Science Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 171 IS majors earned their bachelor's degree from VCU. Of these graduates, 75% were men and 25% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% 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 Virginia Commonwealth University with a bachelor's in IS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	55
Black or African American	40
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	41
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

VCU Information Science Master’s Program

Of the 15 students who earned a master's degree in Information Science from VCU in 2020-2021, 73% were men and 27% were women.

Of the students who received a IS master's degree from VCU, 53% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a master's in IS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

VCU 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 Software & Applications
• 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 VA, the home state for Virginia Commonwealth University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Systems Software Developers	27,800	$119,860
Computer Workers	14,580	$105,270
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,450	$173,290
Computer and Information Research Scientists	2,740	$129,840
Computer Science Professors	1,520	$90,880

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 user:mentes under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.