General Information Science at The Graduate Center, CUNY

Every general 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 information science program at The Graduate Center, CUNY stacks up to those at other schools.

The Graduate Center is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 9,300. In 2021, 59 information science majors received their bachelor's degree from The Graduate Center.

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.

The Graduate Center General Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Science

The Graduate Center General Information Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the information science progam at The Graduate Center compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The information science major at The Graduate Center 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	27
Most Focused General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	49
Most Popular General Information Science Schools	60
Most Focused General Information Science Schools	103

Information Science Student Demographics at The Graduate Center

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

The Graduate Center General Information Science Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 59 students earned a bachelor's degree in information science from The Graduate Center. About 37% of these graduates were women and the other 63% were men. The typical information science 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 information science 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 information science.

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 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 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.