Information Science at Southern University at New Orleans

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

SUNO is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and has a total student population of 2,264. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students received a bachelor's degree in IS from SUNO.

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.

SUNO Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IS
• Master’s Degree in IS

SUNO Information Science Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks IS programs across the country. The following shows how SUNO performed in these rankings.

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 SUNO 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 Master’s Degree Schools	15
Most Focused Information Science Schools	22
Most Focused Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	32
Most Popular Information Science Master’s Degree Schools	81
Most Popular Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	115
Most Popular Information Science Schools	131

In 2021, 11 students received their master’s degree in IS from SUNO. This makes it the #82 most popular school for IS master’s degree candidates in the country.

IS Student Demographics at SUNO

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

SUNO Information Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 9 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Information Science from SUNO in 2020-2021, 67% were men and 33% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 50% 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 Southern University at New Orleans with a bachelor's in IS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

SUNO Information Science Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students earned a master's degree in IS from SUNO. About 55% of these graduates were women and the other 45% were men.

In the IS master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 91% of degree recipients. That is 52% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southern University at New Orleans with a master's in IS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

SUNO 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

If you plan to be a IS major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Southern University at New Orleans. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Information Science	20

Related Majors

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 LA, the home state for Southern University at New Orleans.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Computer Workers	4,050	$66,600
Computer and Information Systems Managers	1,870	$112,860
Systems Software Developers	1,300	$76,200
Computer Science Professors	160	$95,480
Computer and Information Research Scientists	80	$89,810

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 Augustus06 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.