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General Information Science at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

General Information Science at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and approximately 52,679 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.

UIUC General Information Science Degrees Available

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

UIUC General Information Science Rankings

There were 15 students who received their doctoral degrees in information science, making the school the #3 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Information Science Student Demographics at UIUC

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

UIUC General Information Science Master’s Program

59% Women
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 41% of information science master's degrees went to men and 59% went to women.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a master's in information science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 15
Black or African American 16
Hispanic or Latino 36
White 215
International Students 305
Other Races/Ethnicities 14

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 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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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