General Information Science at University of Maryland Global Campus

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

UMGC is located in Adelphi, Maryland and has a total student population of 58,526.

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.

UMGC General Information Science Degrees Available

• Undergrad Certificate in Information Science (1 - 4 Years)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Science
• Master’s Degree in Information Science

Online Classes Are Available at UMGC

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UMGC offers distance education options for information science at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

UMGC General Information Science Rankings

Information Science Student Demographics at UMGC

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

UMGC General Information Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of information science master's degrees went to men and 46% went to women.

In the information science master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 65% of degree recipients. That is 28% 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 information science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	56
Black or African American	155
Hispanic or Latino	32
White	91
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	46

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 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.