General Information Science at Wayne State University

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

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 General Information Science section at the bottom of this page.

Wayne State General Information Science Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Wayne State

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.

Wayne State does offer online education options in information science for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

Wayne State General Information Science Rankings

The information science major at Wayne State 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 Wayne State

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

Wayne State General Information Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of information science bachelor's degrees went to men and 75% 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 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 information science 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 information science.

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 General Information Science Master’s Program

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

Of the students who received a information science 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 information science.

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

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 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.