Information Science at The Graduate Center, CUNY

Every information science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the IS program at The Graduate Center, CUNY stacks up to those at other schools.

The Graduate Center is located in New York, New York and approximately 9,300 students attend the school each year. Of the 59 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The Graduate Center, CUNY in 2021, 59 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.

The Graduate Center Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IS

The Graduate Center Information Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IS progam at The Graduate Center 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 The Graduate Center 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	27
Most Focused Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	49
Most Popular Information Science Schools	60
Most Focused Information Science Schools	103

IS Student Demographics at The Graduate Center

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the IS majors at The Graduate Center, CUNY.

The Graduate Center Information Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 59 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in IS from The Graduate Center in 2021, 63% were men and 37% were women. The typical IS bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at The Graduate Center since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% 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 The Graduate Center, CUNY with a bachelor's in IS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	16
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

The Graduate Center 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

The following IS concentations are available at The Graduate Center, CUNY. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The Graduate Center, CUNY. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Information Science	59

Related Majors

• Other Computer & Information Sciences
• Computer Science
• 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 The Graduate Center, CUNY.

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 Alex Irklievski under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.