Basic Certificates in General Information Science

In recent years, the majority of the students getting degrees in this area were male, and 34 were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 2.8% of information science graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Information Science Majors

During the most recent year for which data is available, 286 people earned their basic certificate in information science. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in information science at each degree level.

Education Level	Number of Grads
Bachelor’s Degree	9,632
Master’s Degree	8,428
Associate Degree	968
Undergraduate Certificate	375
Graduate Certificate	327
Basic Certificate	286
Doctor’s Degree	186

Earnings of Information Science Majors With Basic Certificates

At this time, we do not have the data to estimate the median earnings for this class of people.

Student Debt

The data on debt ranges for information science majors who have their basic certificate is not available.

Student Diversity

More men than women pursue basic certificates in information science. About 66.4% of graduates in this field are male.

Gender	Number of Grads
Men	190
Women	96

The racial-ethnic distribution of information science basic certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	13
Black or African American	31
Hispanic or Latino	43
White	172
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	19

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Image Credit: By The Opte Project under License

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