General Information Science at Nova Southeastern University

If you plan to study general information science, take a look at what Nova Southeastern University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

NUS Florida is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and has a total student population of 20,888.

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.

NUS Florida General Information Science Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Information Science
• Doctorate Degree in Information Science

Online Classes Are Available at NUS Florida

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

For those who are interested in distance learning, NUS Florida does offer online courses in information science for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

NUS Florida General Information Science Rankings

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.

There were 21 students who received their doctoral degrees in information science, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Information Science Student Demographics at NUS Florida

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

NUS Florida General Information Science Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 45 students earned a master's degree in information science from NUS Florida. About 36% of these graduates were women and the other 64% were men.

In the information science master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 60% of degree recipients. That is 21% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	4
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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 FL, the home state for Nova Southeastern University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Systems Software Developers	17,270	$102,590
Computer and Information Systems Managers	16,920	$129,540
Computer Workers	11,060	$78,900
Computer Science Professors	1,780	$78,370
Computer and Information Research Scientists	540	$101,120

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 Dgreco under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.