General Information Science at Salisbury University

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

Salisbury is located in Salisbury, Maryland and has a total student population of 8,124. Of the 93 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Salisbury University in 2021, 67 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.

Salisbury General Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Science

Salisbury General Information Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the information science progam at Salisbury 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 Salisbury 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 General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	26
Most Focused General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	26
Best Value General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	32
Best General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	37
Best Value General Information Science Schools	54
Most Popular General Information Science Schools	56
Most Focused General Information Science Schools	60
Best General Information Science Schools	66
	79
	133

Information Science Student Demographics at Salisbury

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

Salisbury General Information Science Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 67 information science majors earned their bachelor's degree from Salisbury. Of these graduates, 72% were men and 28% were women.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in information science at Salisbury 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 Salisbury University with a bachelor's in information science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	44
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Salisbury 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 MD, the home state for Salisbury University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Systems Software Developers	15,430	$119,860
Computer Workers	13,720	$113,330
Computer and Information Systems Managers	10,590	$154,870
Computer and Information Research Scientists	2,900	$119,180
Computer Science Professors	770	$107,350

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 Kane5187 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.