Information Science at Saint Xavier University

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

SXU is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 3,764 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in IS from SXU.

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

SXU Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IS

SXU Information Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IS progam at SXU 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 IS major at SXU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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 Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	109
Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	121
Most Popular Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	122
	137
Best Value Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	145
Best Information Science Schools	188
Most Focused Information Science Schools	203
	207
Most Popular Information Science Schools	221
Best Value Information Science Schools	229

IS Student Demographics at SXU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the IS majors at Saint Xavier University.

SXU Information Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of IS bachelor's degrees went to men and 25% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities in its IS bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

SXU also has a doctoral program available in IS. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Information Science

Information Science majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Saint Xavier University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Information Science	8

Related Majors

• Information Technology
• Computer Information Systems
• Computer Science

Careers That IS Grads May Go Into

A degree in IS 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 Saint Xavier 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 Brendanriley under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.