General Information Science at James Madison University

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

JMU is located in Harrisonburg, Virginia and approximately 21,594 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 168 information science majors received their bachelor's degree from JMU.

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.

JMU General Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Science

JMU General Information Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the information science progam at JMU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 JMU 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
Best General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
	7
Best General Information Science Schools	12
Most Popular General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	12
	22
Most Popular General Information Science Schools	24
Most Focused General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	27
Best Value General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	30
Best Value General Information Science Schools	47
Most Focused General Information Science Schools	62

Information Science Student Demographics at JMU

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

JMU General Information Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 168 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in information science from JMU in 2021, 82% were men and 18% were women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in information science at JMU 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 James Madison University with a bachelor's in information science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	18
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	112
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

JMU 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 VA, the home state for James Madison University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Systems Software Developers	27,800	$119,860
Computer Workers	14,580	$105,270
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,450	$173,290
Computer and Information Research Scientists	2,740	$129,840
Computer Science Professors	1,520	$90,880

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 Asheville Post Card Co., Asheville, North Carolina under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.