General Information Science at Southern Methodist University

What traits are you looking for in a information science school? To help you decide if Southern Methodist University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's information science program.

SMU is located in Dallas, Texas and has a total student population of 12,373.

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.

SMU General Information Science Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Information Science

Online Classes Are Available at SMU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? SMU offers distance education options for information science at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

SMU General Information Science Rankings

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.

Information Science Student Demographics at SMU

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

SMU General Information Science Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 116 students graduated with a master's degree in information science from SMU. About 79% were men and 21% were women.

In the information science master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 47% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southern Methodist University with a master's in information science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	26
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	54
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 TX, the home state for Southern Methodist University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Systems Software Developers	28,720	$110,740
Computer Workers	25,620	$90,290
Computer and Information Systems Managers	22,350	$154,650
Computer Science Professors	2,590	$92,350
Computer and Information Research Scientists	1,830	$125,800

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 Jeffrey Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.