Information Science at Wayne State University

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 Wayne State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Wayne State is located in Detroit, Michigan and has a total student population of 26,241.

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.

Wayne State Information Science Degrees Available

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

Wayne State Information Science Rankings

The is major at Wayne State 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.

IS Student Demographics at Wayne State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the is majors at Wayne State University.

Wayne State Information Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of is bachelor's degrees went to men and 75% went to women. The typical is bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% women. So female students are more repesented at Wayne State since its program graduates 40% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% 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 Wayne State University with a bachelor's in is.

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

Wayne State Information Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of is master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

Of the students who received a is master's degree from Wayne State, 75% 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 Wayne State University with a master's in is.

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

Concentrations Within Information Science

Information Science majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Wayne State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Information Science	7

Related Majors

• 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 MI, the home state for Wayne State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Computer Workers	10,900	$76,400
Systems Software Developers	10,320	$88,560
Computer and Information Systems Managers	9,480	$131,100
Computer Science Professors	900	$98,450
Computer and Information Research Scientists	140	$103,350

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 Del arte under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.