Information Science at Alabama State University

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

Alabama State is located in Montgomery, Alabama and approximately 4,072 students attend the school each year. Of the 27 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Alabama State University in 2021, 15 of them were information science majors.

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.

Alabama State Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IS

Alabama State Information Science Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks IS programs across the country. The following shows how Alabama State performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The IS major at Alabama State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Information Science. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	41
Most Focused Information Science Schools	90
Most Popular Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	92
Best Value Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	139
Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	148
	151
Most Popular Information Science Schools	160
Best Value Information Science Schools	222
Best Information Science Schools	231
	235

Earnings of Alabama State IS Graduates

The median salary of IS students who receive their bachelor's degree at Alabama State is $29,449. This is less than $52,802, which is the national average of all IS majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

IS Student Demographics at Alabama State

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

Alabama State Information Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 15 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in IS from Alabama State in 2021, 73% were men and 27% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 61% more racial-ethnic minorities in its IS bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Alabama State University with a bachelor's in IS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Alabama State also has a doctoral program available in IS. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Information Science

Information Science majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Alabama State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Information Science	15

Related Majors

• Information Technology
• Computer Science

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 AL, the home state for Alabama State University.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Systems Software Developers	4,360	$105,890
Computer and Information Systems Managers	3,200	$126,300
Computer Workers	1,920	$87,060
Computer Science Professors	410	$92,930

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 Spyder_Monkey under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.