General Information Science at Elmhurst University

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

Elmhurst is located in Elmhurst, Illinois and approximately 3,421 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students received a bachelor's degree in information science from Elmhurst.

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.

Elmhurst General Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Science

Elmhurst General Information Science Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks information science programs across the country. The following shows how Elmhurst 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 Elmhurst 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	140
Most Focused General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	145
Most Focused General Information Science Schools	256
Most Popular General Information Science Schools	257

Information Science Student Demographics at Elmhurst

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

Elmhurst General Information Science Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 information science majors earned their bachelor's degree from Elmhurst. Of these graduates, 100% were men and 0% were women.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in information science at Elmhurst are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% 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 Elmhurst University with a bachelor's in information science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Elmhurst 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 IL, the home state for Elmhurst University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Computer and Information Systems Managers	17,770	$143,900
Systems Software Developers	17,130	$108,570
Computer Science Professors	1,430	$83,270
Computer and Information Research Scientists	500	$113,350

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 Teemu008 under License

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