Information Science at Simmons University

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

Simmons is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 6,263. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students received a bachelor's degree in IS from Simmons.

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.

Simmons Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IS
• Doctorate Degree in IS

Simmons Information Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IS progam at Simmons 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 Simmons 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 Doctor’s Degree Schools	13
Most Popular Information Science Doctor’s Degree Schools	24
Most Focused Information Science Master’s Degree Schools	128
Most Popular Information Science Master’s Degree Schools	128
Most Popular Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	149
Most Focused Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	180
Most Popular Information Science Schools	251
Most Focused Information Science Schools	290

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in IS from Simmons. This is the #129 most popular school for IS master’s degree candidates in the country.

IS Student Demographics at Simmons

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

Simmons Information Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 4 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Information Science from Simmons in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were women. The typical IS bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Simmons since its program graduates 66% more women than average.

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 Simmons University with a bachelor's in IS.

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

Simmons also has a doctoral program available in IS. In 2021, 2 students 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 Simmons University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Information Science	6

Related Majors

• Computer Information Systems

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 MA, the home state for Simmons University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Systems Software Developers	25,540	$117,760
Computer and Information Systems Managers	17,820	$156,620
Computer Workers	11,190	$92,110
Computer Science Professors	1,010	$106,670
Computer and Information Research Scientists	720	$116,920

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.