General Information Science at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Every general 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 information science program at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville stacks up to those at other schools.

UT Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and has a total student population of 30,559. Of the 89 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of Tennessee - Knoxville in 2021, 2 of them were general information science majors.

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.

UT Knoxville General Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Science

UT Knoxville General Information Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the information science progam at UT Knoxville 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 UT Knoxville 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
Best General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	58
	75
Best General Information Science Schools	95
Best Value General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	99
	128
Best Value General Information Science Schools	164
Most Popular General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	170
Most Focused General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	201
Most Popular General Information Science Schools	309
Most Focused General Information Science Schools	351

Information Science Student Demographics at UT Knoxville

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

UT Knoxville General Information Science Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 information science majors earned their bachelor's degree from UT Knoxville. Of these graduates, 50% were men and 50% were women.

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 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville with a bachelor's in information science.

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

UT Knoxville 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 TN, the home state for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Computer and Information Systems Managers	5,610	$118,660
Systems Software Developers	4,940	$92,700
Computer Workers	4,510	$74,000
Computer Science Professors	440	$81,980
Computer and Information Research Scientists	230	$113,960

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 Nightryder84 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.