Informatics at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis

What traits are you looking for in a informatics school? To help you decide if Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's informatics program.

IUPUI is located in Indianapolis, Indiana and approximately 29,390 students attend the school each year. Of the 249 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis in 2021, 81 of them were informatics majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Informatics section at the bottom of this page.

IUPUI Informatics Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Informatics (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Informatics
• Master’s Degree in Informatics
• Doctorate Degree in Informatics

Online Classes Are Available at IUPUI

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, IUPUI does offer online courses in informatics for the following degree levels:

IUPUI Informatics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks informatics programs across the country. The following shows how IUPUI 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 informatics major at IUPUI is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Informatics. 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 Informatics Basic Certificate Schools	1
Most Popular Informatics Basic Certificate Schools	3
Best Informatics Basic Certificate Schools	3
Best Value Informatics Basic Certificate Schools	4
Most Popular Online Informatics Schools	4
Most Focused Informatics Doctor’s Degree Schools	4
	5
Most Focused Informatics Basic Certificate Schools	5
Best Informatics Doctor’s Degree Schools	6
Best Value Informatics Doctor’s Degree Schools	7
Most Popular Informatics Schools	8
Most Popular Informatics Master’s Degree Schools	8
Most Focused Informatics Schools	9
Most Focused Informatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	9
Most Focused Informatics Master’s Degree Schools	10
Best Informatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	12
	13
Best Value Informatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13
Best Informatics Master’s Degree Schools	15
Best Value Informatics Master’s Degree Schools	15
	15
	29

In 2021, 36 students received their master’s degree in informatics from IUPUI. This makes it the #9 most popular school for informatics master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in informatics, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Informatics Student Demographics at IUPUI

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the informatics majors at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis.

IUPUI Informatics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 78% of informatics bachelor's degrees went to men and 22% went to women.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in informatics at IUPUI 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 informatics bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis with a bachelor's in informatics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	50
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

IUPUI Informatics Master’s Program

Of the 36 students who graduated with a master’s in informatics from IUPUI in 2021, 64% were men and 36% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis with a master's in informatics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	13
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

IUPUI also has a doctoral program available in informatics. In 2021, 6 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Computer & Information Sciences
• Information Technology

Careers That Informatics Grads May Go Into

A degree in informatics can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IN, the home state for Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Software Applications Developers	9,770	$88,570
Systems Software Developers	3,610	$90,850
Computer and Information Research Scientists	250	$107,150

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.