Information Science at Averett University

What traits are you looking for in a IS school? To help you decide if Averett University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's IS program.

AU is located in Danville, Virginia and has a total student population of 887. Of the 8 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Averett University in 2021, 5 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.

AU Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IS

AU Information Science Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks IS programs across the country. The following shows how AU 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 AU 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	77
Most Popular Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	140
Most Focused Information Science Schools	152
Most Popular Information Science Schools	257

IS Student Demographics at AU

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

AU Information Science Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 IS majors earned their bachelor's degree from AU. Of these graduates, 60% were men and 40% were women. The typical IS bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at AU since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% 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 Averett University with a bachelor's in IS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

AU 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

If you plan to be a IS major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Averett University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Information Science	5

Related Majors

• 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 VA, the home state for Averett 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.