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General Information Science at Northwestern University

General Information Science at Northwestern University

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

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and approximately 22,603 students attend the school each year.

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.

Northwestern General Information Science Degrees Available

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

Northwestern General Information Science Rankings

Information Science Student Demographics at Northwestern

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

Northwestern General Information Science Master’s Program

41% Women
43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 59% of information science master's degrees went to men and 41% went to women.

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In the information science master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 6% 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 information science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 19
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 19
International Students 15
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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