General Information Science at College of Charleston

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

C of C is located in Charleston, South Carolina and approximately 10,384 students attend the school each year. Of the 89 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from College of Charleston in 2021, 16 of them were general information science majors.

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.

C of C General Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Science

C of C General Information Science Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks information science programs across the country. The following shows how C of C performed in these rankings.

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 information science major at C of C 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
Most Popular General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	89
Best General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	100
	109
Most Focused General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	121
Best Value General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	136
Best General Information Science Schools	148
Most Popular General Information Science Schools	152
	178
Best Value General Information Science Schools	219
Most Focused General Information Science Schools	223

Information Science Student Demographics at C of C

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

C of C General Information Science Bachelor’s Program

The information science program at C of C awarded 16 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 75% of these degrees went to men with the other 25% going to women.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in information science at C of C 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 College of Charleston with a bachelor's in information science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

C of C 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 SC, the home state for College of Charleston.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Computer and Information Systems Managers	3,070	$120,720
Systems Software Developers	2,280	$80,250
Computer Workers	1,510	$92,100
Computer Science Professors	580	$76,950
Computer and Information Research Scientists	370	$96,870

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 Lkeadle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.