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Information Science at Virginia Commonwealth University

Every information science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the IS program at Virginia Commonwealth University stacks up to those at other schools.

VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and has a total student population of 29,070. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 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.

VCU Information Science Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in IS

VCU Information Science Rankings

IS Student Demographics at VCU

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

VCU Information Science Master’s Program

27% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 73% of IS master's degrees went to men and 27% went to women.

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Of the students who received a IS master's degree from VCU, 53% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University 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 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 VA, the home state for Virginia Commonwealth University.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Systems Software Developers 27,800 $119,860
Computer Workers 14,580 $105,270
Computer and Information Systems Managers 13,450 $173,290
Computer and Information Research Scientists 2,740 $129,840
Computer Science Professors 1,520 $90,880

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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