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Information Science at University of Alabama at Birmingham

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

UAB is located in Birmingham, Alabama and approximately 22,563 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.

UAB Information Science Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in IS

UAB Information Science Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

IS Student Demographics at UAB

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

UAB Information Science Master’s Program

50% Women
6% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The IS program at UAB awarded 36 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 3
International Students 30
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 University of Alabama at Birmingham. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Information Science 36

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 AL, the home state for University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Occupation Jobs in AL Average Salary in AL
Systems Software Developers 4,360 $105,890
Computer and Information Systems Managers 3,200 $126,300
Computer Workers 1,920 $87,060
Computer Science Professors 410 $92,930

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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