Information Science at Rutgers University - New Brunswick

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

Rutgers New Brunswick is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey and approximately 50,411 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 85 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.

Rutgers New Brunswick Information Science Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in IS
• Doctorate Degree in IS

Rutgers New Brunswick Information Science Rankings

There were 13 students who received their doctoral degrees in IS, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

IS Student Demographics at Rutgers New Brunswick

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

Rutgers New Brunswick Information Science Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 85 IS majors earned their master's degree from Rutgers New Brunswick. Of these graduates, 20% were men and 80% were women.

In the IS master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 32% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	37
International Students	21
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Computer Information Systems

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 NJ, the home state for Rutgers University - New Brunswick.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Computer and Information Systems Managers	14,280	$176,690
Computer Workers	9,770	$99,210
Systems Software Developers	8,960	$123,370
Computer Science Professors	1,390	$105,890
Computer and Information Research Scientists	1,080	$127,420

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 Zampromote under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.