Information Science at Grand Valley State University

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

GVSU is located in Allendale, Michigan and approximately 23,350 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 35 students received a bachelor's degree in IS from GVSU.

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.

GVSU Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IS

GVSU Information Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IS progam at GVSU 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 IS major at GVSU 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
Best Value Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools	9
	16
Best Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools	18
Most Popular Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools	27
Best Value Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	29
Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	30
Most Focused Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools	34
	39
Best Value Information Science Schools	44
Most Popular Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	47
Best Information Science Schools	56
	63
Most Popular Information Science Schools	90
Most Focused Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	138
Most Focused Information Science Schools	242

Earnings of GVSU IS Graduates

The median salary of IS students who receive their bachelor's degree at GVSU is $58,382. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 11% higher than the national average of $52,802 for all IS bachelor's degree recipients.

IS Student Demographics at GVSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the IS majors at Grand Valley State University.

GVSU Information Science Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 35 students earned a bachelor's degree in IS from GVSU. About 26% of these graduates were women and the other 74% were men.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in IS at GVSU 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 Grand Valley State University with a bachelor's in IS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	30
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

GVSU 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

If you plan to be a IS major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Grand Valley State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Information Science	36

Related Majors

• Information Technology
• 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 MI, the home state for Grand Valley State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Computer Workers	10,900	$76,400
Systems Software Developers	10,320	$88,560
Computer and Information Systems Managers	9,480	$131,100
Computer Science Professors	900	$98,450
Computer and Information Research Scientists	140	$103,350

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 Demhem under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.