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General Information Science at George Mason University

General Information Science at George Mason University

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

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and has a total student population of 38,541.

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.

GMU General Information Science Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Information Science

GMU General Information Science Rankings

Information Science Student Demographics at GMU

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

GMU General Information Science Master’s Program

57% Women
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 43% of information science master's degrees went to men and 57% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 2
International Students 18
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 VA, the home state for George Mason 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

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*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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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