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Information Science at Harvard University

Information Science at Harvard University

If you are interested in studying information science, you may want to check out the program at Harvard University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Harvard is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 30,391.

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.

Harvard Information Science Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in IS

Harvard Information Science Rankings

IS Student Demographics at Harvard

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

Harvard Information Science Master’s Program

64% Women
21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 36% of is master's degrees went to men and 64% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 2
International Students 20
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Information Science

If you plan to be a is major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Harvard University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Information Science 11

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 MA, the home state for Harvard University.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Systems Software Developers 25,540 $117,760
Computer and Information Systems Managers 17,820 $156,620
Computer Workers 11,190 $92,110
Computer Science Professors 1,010 $106,670
Computer and Information Research Scientists 720 $116,920

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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