General Information Science at McKendree 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 McKendree University stacks up to those at other schools.

McKendree is located in Lebanon, Illinois and approximately 2,200 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received a bachelor's degree in information science from McKendree.

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.

McKendree General Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Science

Online Classes Are Available at McKendree

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? McKendree offers distance education options for information science at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

McKendree General Information Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the information science progam at McKendree 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 McKendree 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	21
Most Popular Online General Information Science Schools	31
Most Focused General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	103
Most Popular General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	136
Most Focused General Information Science Schools	192
Most Popular General Information Science Schools	251

Information Science Student Demographics at McKendree

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

McKendree General Information Science Bachelor’s Program

The information science program at McKendree awarded 6 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 83% of these degrees went to men with the other 17% going to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

McKendree 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 IL, the home state for McKendree University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Computer and Information Systems Managers	17,770	$143,900
Systems Software Developers	17,130	$108,570
Computer Science Professors	1,430	$83,270
Computer and Information Research Scientists	500	$113,350

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 Robert Lawton under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.