General Information Science at Georgia Southern University

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

GaSou is located in Statesboro, Georgia and has a total student population of 26,949. Of the 232 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Georgia Southern University in 2021, 154 of them were general information science majors.

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.

GaSou General Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Science

Online Classes Are Available at GaSou

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

GaSou does offer online education options in information science for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree

GaSou General Information Science Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks information science programs across the country. The following shows how GaSou 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 GaSou 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 Online General Information Science Schools	2
Most Popular Online General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2
Most Popular General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	14
Best Value General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	17
Most Popular General Information Science Schools	27
Best General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	29
Most Focused General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	31
Best Value General Information Science Schools	31
Best General Information Science Schools	52
Most Focused General Information Science Schools	70
	89
	150

Information Science Student Demographics at GaSou

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

GaSou General Information Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 154 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in information science from GaSou in 2021, 78% were men and 22% were women.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in information science 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 information science 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 information science.

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 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 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.