Information Science at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus

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

BGSU is located in Bowling Green, Ohio and has a total student population of 18,142. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 28 students received a bachelor's degree in IS from BGSU.

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.

BGSU Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IS

BGSU Information Science Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The IS major at BGSU 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 Popular Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	55
Best Value Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	56
	70
Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	74
Best Value Information Science Schools	97
Most Popular Information Science Schools	109
Best Information Science Schools	114
	121
Most Focused Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	125
Most Focused Information Science Schools	228

Earnings of BGSU IS Graduates

The median salary of IS students who receive their bachelor's degree at BGSU is $52,802. This is about the same as the yearly salary of allIS bachelor's degree recipients across the nation.

IS Student Demographics at BGSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the IS majors at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus.

BGSU Information Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of IS bachelor's degrees went to men and 43% went to women. The typical IS bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at BGSU since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in IS at BGSU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	24
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

BGSU 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 Bowling Green State University - Main Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Information Science	28

Related Majors

• Computer Information Systems

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 OH, the home state for Bowling Green State University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,390	$135,510
Computer Workers	12,160	$82,440
Systems Software Developers	5,400	$101,570
Computer Science Professors	1,320	$112,390
Computer and Information Research Scientists	480	$112,490

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 Jeffness under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.