Information Science at The University of Texas at Austin

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

UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and has a total student population of 50,476. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 132 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.

UT Austin Information Science Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in IS

UT Austin Information Science Rankings

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in IS, making the school the #30 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

IS Student Demographics at UT Austin

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

UT Austin Information Science Master’s Program

Of the 132 students who earned a master's degree in Information Science from UT Austin in 2020-2021, 31% were men and 69% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	49
International Students	45
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Related Majors

• Information Technology
• 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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Austin.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Systems Software Developers	28,720	$110,740
Computer Workers	25,620	$90,290
Computer and Information Systems Managers	22,350	$154,650
Computer Science Professors	2,590	$92,350
Computer and Information Research Scientists	1,830	$125,800

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 Reid Sullivan under License

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