Information Science at University of California - Berkeley

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

UC Berkeley is located in Berkeley, California and has a total student population of 42,327.

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.

UC Berkeley Information Science Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in IS

UC Berkeley Information Science Rankings

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in is, making the school the #19 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

IS Student Demographics at UC Berkeley

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

UC Berkeley Information Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of is master's degrees went to men and 40% went to women.

In the is master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 45% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	181
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	54
White	164
International Students	131
Other Races/Ethnicities	48

Concentrations Within Information Science

The following is concentations are available at University of California - Berkeley. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of California - Berkeley. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Information Science	373

Related Majors

• 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 CA, the home state for University of California - Berkeley.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Systems Software Developers	88,910	$131,700
Computer Workers	74,690	$103,270
Computer and Information Systems Managers	63,640	$180,250
Computer and Information Research Scientists	7,300	$136,310
Computer Science Professors	2,210	$140,720

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 LAgirl5252 under License

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