Information Science at Georgia Southern University

What traits are you looking for in a IS school? To help you decide if Georgia Southern University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's IS program.

GaSou is located in Statesboro, Georgia and approximately 26,949 students attend the school each year. Of the 232 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Georgia Southern University in 2021, 154 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.

GaSou Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IS

Online Classes Are Available at GaSou

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? GaSou offers distance education options for IS at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

GaSou Information Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IS progam at GaSou compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The IS major at GaSou 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 Online Information Science Schools	2
Most Popular Online Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2
Most Popular Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	14
Best Value Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	17
Most Popular Information Science Schools	27
Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	29
Best Value Information Science Schools	31
Most Focused Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	31
Best Information Science Schools	52
Most Focused Information Science Schools	70
	89
	150

Earnings of GaSou IS Graduates

The median salary of IS students who receive their bachelor's degree at GaSou is $46,835. This is less than $52,802, which is the national average of all IS majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

IS Student Demographics at GaSou

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the IS majors at Georgia Southern University.

GaSou Information Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 154 IS students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from GaSou, about 78% were men and 22% were women.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in IS at GaSou are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Georgia Southern University with a bachelor's in IS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	43
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	85
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

GaSou 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 Georgia Southern University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Georgia Southern University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Information Science	154

Related Majors

• 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 GA, the home state for Georgia Southern University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Computer Workers	21,500	$90,140
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,990	$143,930
Systems Software Developers	12,910	$105,100
Computer and Information Research Scientists	690	$100,140
Computer Science Professors	470	$85,080

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 Richardelainechambers at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.