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Information Science at University of Massachusetts - Boston

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Information Science at University of Massachusetts - Boston

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

UMass Boston is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 16,259 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 36 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.

UMass Boston Information Science Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in IS

UMass Boston Information Science Rankings

IS Student Demographics at UMass Boston

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the IS majors at University of Massachusetts - Boston.

UMass Boston Information Science Master’s Program

44% Women
11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 36 students graduated with a master's degree in IS from UMass Boston. About 56% were men and 44% were women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 8
International Students 23
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 MA, the home state for University of Massachusetts - Boston.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Systems Software Developers 25,540 $117,760
Computer and Information Systems Managers 17,820 $156,620
Computer Workers 11,190 $92,110
Computer Science Professors 1,010 $106,670
Computer and Information Research Scientists 720 $116,920

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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