General Information Science at Simmons University

If you are interested in studying general 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 approximately 6,263 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students received a bachelor's degree in information science from Simmons.

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.

Simmons General Information Science Degrees Available

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

Simmons General Information Science Rankings

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

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

Information Science Student Demographics at Simmons

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

Simmons General Information Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 4 information science students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Simmons, about 0% were men and 100% were women. The typical information science 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 information science 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 information science.

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 information science. In 2021, 2 students 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 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.