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General Information Science at Boston University

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

Boston U is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 32,718.

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 U General Information Science Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Information Science

Boston U General Information Science Rankings

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Information Science Student Demographics at Boston U

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

Boston U General Information Science Master’s Program

30% Women
21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 286 information science majors earned their master's degree from Boston U. Of these graduates, 70% were men and 30% were women.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Boston University with a master's in information science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 27
Black or African American 16
Hispanic or Latino 10
White 70
International Students 120
Other Races/Ethnicities 43

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 University.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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