Information Science at University of Maryland Global Campus

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

UMGC is located in Adelphi, Maryland and approximately 58,526 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 462 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.

UMGC Information Science Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in IS

Online Classes Are Available at UMGC

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

UMGC does offer online education options in IS for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

UMGC Information Science Rankings

IS Student Demographics at UMGC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the IS majors at University of Maryland Global Campus.

UMGC Information Science Master’s Program

Of the 462 students who earned a master's degree in Information Science from UMGC in 2020-2021, 58% were men and 42% were women.

In the IS master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 60% of degree recipients. That is 32% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	43
Black or African American	185
Hispanic or Latino	33
White	119
International Students	20
Other Races/Ethnicities	62

Related Majors

• Information Technology

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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland Global Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Systems Software Developers	15,430	$119,860
Computer Workers	13,720	$113,330
Computer and Information Systems Managers	10,590	$154,870
Computer and Information Research Scientists	2,900	$119,180
Computer Science Professors	770	$107,350

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By M Chambers under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.