General Information Science at Suffolk University

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

Suffolk is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 6,830 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 52 information science majors received their bachelor's degree from Suffolk.

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.

Suffolk General Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Science

Suffolk General Information Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the information science 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 information science major at Suffolk 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 Popular General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	31
Most Focused General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	37
Most Popular General Information Science Schools	68
Most Focused General Information Science Schools	82

Information Science Student Demographics at Suffolk

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

Suffolk General Information Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 52 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in information science from Suffolk in 2021, 63% were men and 37% were women. The typical information science 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 information science.

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 information science. In 2021, 0 student 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 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

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