General Information Science at Baruch College

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

Baruch is located in New York, New York and approximately 19,740 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 285 information science majors received their bachelor's degree from Baruch.

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.

Baruch General Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Science

Baruch General Information Science Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks information science programs across the country. The following shows how Baruch 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 information science major at Baruch 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	6
Most Focused General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	9
Most Popular General Information Science Schools	15
Most Focused General Information Science Schools	27
Best Value General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	33
Best Value General Information Science Schools	55
	69
Best General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	93
	120
Most Focused General Information Science Master’s Degree Schools	128
Most Popular General Information Science Master’s Degree Schools	128
Best General Information Science Schools	136

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

Information Science Student Demographics at Baruch

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

Baruch General Information Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 285 information science students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Baruch, about 64% were men and 36% were women. The typical information science 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 information science 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 information science.

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 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 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.