Information Science at The University of Texas at Dallas

If you are interested in studying information science, you may want to check out the program at The University of Texas at Dallas. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UT Dallas is located in Richardson, Texas and approximately 28,669 students attend the school each year.

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.

UT Dallas Information Science Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in IS

UT Dallas Information Science Rankings

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IS Student Demographics at UT Dallas

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

UT Dallas Information Science Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 346 students earned a master's degree in IS from UT Dallas. About 42% of these graduates were women and the other 58% were men.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	39
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	27
International Students	258
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Concentrations Within Information Science

Information Science majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The University of Texas at Dallas. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Information Science	395

Related Majors

• Computer Information Systems

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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Dallas.

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 Stan9999 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.