General Information Science at Fairmont State University

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

Fairmont State is located in Fairmont, West Virginia and approximately 3,848 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 18 information science majors received their bachelor's degree from Fairmont State.

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.

Fairmont State General Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Science

Fairmont State General Information Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the information science progam at Fairmont State 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 information science major at Fairmont State 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 Focused General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	55
Most Popular General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	79
Best Value General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	91
	108
Most Focused General Information Science Schools	111
Best General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	129
Most Popular General Information Science Schools	142
Best Value General Information Science Schools	149
	176
Best General Information Science Schools	202

Information Science Student Demographics at Fairmont State

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

Fairmont State General Information Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 18 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in information science from Fairmont State in 2021, 67% were men and 33% were women.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in information science at Fairmont State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Fairmont State University with a bachelor's in information science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	14
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Fairmont State 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 WV, the home state for Fairmont State University.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Computer Workers	2,380	$83,660
Computer and Information Systems Managers	810	$119,430
Systems Software Developers	420	$100,170
Computer Science Professors	360	$61,990
Computer and Information Research Scientists	50	$77,580

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 User:Scochran4 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.