Information Science at Boston College

If you plan to study information science, take a look at what Boston College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Boston College is located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts and approximately 14,934 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 102 students received a bachelor's degree in IS from Boston College.

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.

Boston College Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IS

Boston College Information Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IS progam at Boston College compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The IS major at Boston College 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
Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8
	8
Most Popular Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	17
Best Information Science Schools	19
	23
Most Popular Information Science Schools	35
Most Focused Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	50
Most Focused Information Science Schools	104
Best Value Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	116
Best Value Information Science Schools	198

How Much Do IS Graduates from Boston College Make?

The median salary of IS students who receive their bachelor's degree at Boston College is $69,748. This is 32% higher than $52,802, which is the national average for all IS bachelor's degree recipients.

IS Student Demographics at Boston College

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

Boston College Information Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 102 IS students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Boston College, about 61% were men and 39% were women. The typical IS bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Boston College since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	24
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	43
International Students	15
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Boston College 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

The following IS concentations are available at Boston College. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Boston College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Information Science	102

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 MA, the home state for Boston College.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Harvey D. Egan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.