Information Science at Baruch College

What traits are you looking for in a IS school? To help you decide if Baruch College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's IS program.

Baruch is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 19,740. Of the 285 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Baruch College in 2021, 285 of them were information science majors.

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.

Baruch Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IS

Baruch Information Science Rankings

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

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 Baruch 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	6
Most Focused Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	9
Most Popular Information Science Schools	15
Most Focused Information Science Schools	27
Best Value Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	33
Best Value Information Science Schools	55
	69
Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	93
	120
Most Focused Information Science Master’s Degree Schools	128
Most Popular Information Science Master’s Degree Schools	128
Best Information Science Schools	136

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in IS from Baruch. This is the #129 most popular school for IS master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Baruch IS Graduates

The median salary of IS students who receive their bachelor's degree at Baruch is $49,897. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $52,802 for all IS students.

IS Student Demographics at Baruch

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the IS majors at Baruch College.

Baruch Information Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 285 IS students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Baruch, about 64% were men and 36% were women. The typical IS bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Baruch since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% more racial-ethnic minorities in its IS bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	126
Black or African American	20
Hispanic or Latino	47
White	44
International Students	45
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Baruch 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 Baruch College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Information Science	285

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 NY, the home state for Baruch College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Computer and Information Systems Managers	27,070	$190,310
Systems Software Developers	19,690	$115,120
Computer Science Professors	3,030	$105,860
Computer and Information Research Scientists	1,430	$131,220

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 Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.