General Information Science at Pennsylvania State University - Greater Allegheny

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

Of the 10 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Pennsylvania State University - Greater Allegheny in 2019, 10 of them were general information science majors.

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.

Penn State Greater Allegheny General Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Science

Penn State Greater Allegheny General Information Science Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The information science major at Penn State Greater Allegheny 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 Focused General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3
Most Focused General Information Science Schools	8
Best Value General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	16
Best General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	17
Best Value General Information Science Schools	25
Best General Information Science Schools	25
Most Popular General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	130
Most Popular General Information Science Schools	226

Information Science Student Demographics at Penn State Greater Allegheny

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the information science majors at Pennsylvania State University - Greater Allegheny.

Penn State Greater Allegheny General Information Science Bachelor’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 10 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in information science from Penn State Greater Allegheny. About 90% were men and 10% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 34% more racial-ethnic minorities in its information science bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Penn State Greater Allegheny also has a doctoral program available in information science. In 2019, 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 PA, the home state for Pennsylvania State University - Greater Allegheny.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Computer Workers	19,010	$87,040
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,070	$146,860
Systems Software Developers	8,810	$103,520
Computer Science Professors	1,590	$105,900
Computer and Information Research Scientists	410	$107,660

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.