Information Science at Suffolk University

Every information science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the IS program at Suffolk University stacks up to those at other schools.

Suffolk is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 6,830 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 52 students received a bachelor's degree in IS from Suffolk.

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.

Suffolk Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IS

Suffolk Information Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IS progam at Suffolk compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The IS major at Suffolk 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 Popular Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	31
Most Focused Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	37
Most Popular Information Science Schools	68
Most Focused Information Science Schools	82

IS Student Demographics at Suffolk

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

Suffolk Information Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of IS bachelor's degrees went to men and 37% went to women. The typical IS bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Suffolk since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Suffolk University with a bachelor's in IS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	15
International Students	26
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Suffolk 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

The following IS concentations are available at Suffolk University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Suffolk University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Information Science	52

Related Majors

• Computer Science

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 Suffolk 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 Oxymoron under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.