General Information Science at Boston College

If you plan to study general 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 information science from Boston College.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Information Science section at the bottom of this page.

Boston College General Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Science

Boston College General Information Science Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks information science programs across the country. The following shows how Boston College 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 information science major at Boston College is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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
	8
Best General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8
Most Popular General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	17
Best General Information Science Schools	19
	23
Most Popular General Information Science Schools	35
Most Focused General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	50
Most Focused General Information Science Schools	104
Best Value General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	116
Best Value General Information Science Schools	198

Information Science Student Demographics at Boston College

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

Boston College General Information Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 102 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Information Science from Boston College in 2020-2021, 61% were men and 39% were women. The typical information science 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 information science.

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 information science. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Information Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in information science 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.