Information Science at Northwestern University

What traits are you looking for in a IS school? To help you decide if Northwestern University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's IS program.

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and approximately 22,603 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 40 students received their master's degree in IS.

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.

Northwestern Information Science Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in IS

Northwestern Information Science Rankings

IS Student Demographics at Northwestern

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

Northwestern Information Science Master’s Program

Of the 40 students who graduated with a master’s in IS from Northwestern in 2021, 55% were men and 45% were women.

In the IS master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Computer Information Systems
• Computer Science

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 IL, the home state for Northwestern University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Computer and Information Systems Managers	17,770	$143,900
Systems Software Developers	17,130	$108,570
Computer Science Professors	1,430	$83,270
Computer and Information Research Scientists	500	$113,350

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 Madcoverboy at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.