Information Science at California Lutheran University

If you are interested in studying information science, you may want to check out the program at California Lutheran University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

CLU is located in Thousand Oaks, California and approximately 4,027 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 17 IS majors received their bachelor's degree from CLU.

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.

CLU Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IS

CLU Information Science Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks IS programs across the country. The following shows how CLU 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 CLU 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 Graduate Certificate Schools	7
Best Value Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools	14
Most Popular Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools	16
Best Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools	24
	26
Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	73
Most Focused Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	79
Most Popular Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	84
	88
Best Information Science Schools	112
Most Popular Information Science Schools	128
Most Focused Information Science Schools	135
Best Value Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	143
	149
Best Value Information Science Schools	208

IS Student Demographics at CLU

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

CLU Information Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 17 IS students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from CLU, about 94% were men and 6% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	6
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

CLU 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

Information Science majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from California Lutheran University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Information Science	21

Related Majors

• Information Technology
• Computer Information Systems
• 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 CA, the home state for California Lutheran University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Systems Software Developers	88,910	$131,700
Computer Workers	74,690	$103,270
Computer and Information Systems Managers	63,640	$180,250
Computer and Information Research Scientists	7,300	$136,310
Computer Science Professors	2,210	$140,720

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 Niceley under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.