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General Information Science at Harvard University

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General Information Science at Harvard University

Every general information science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the information science program at Harvard University stacks up to those at other schools.

Harvard is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 30,391.

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.

Harvard General Information Science Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Information Science

Harvard General Information Science Rankings

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Information Science Student Demographics at Harvard

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

Harvard General Information Science Master’s Program

64% Women
27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The information science program at Harvard awarded 11 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 36% of these degrees went to men with the other 64% going to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 2
International Students 6
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 MA, the home state for Harvard University.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Systems Software Developers 25,540 $117,760
Computer and Information Systems Managers 17,820 $156,620
Computer Workers 11,190 $92,110
Computer Science Professors 1,010 $106,670
Computer and Information Research Scientists 720 $116,920

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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