General Information Science at University of Illinois at Chicago

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

UIC is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 33,518. In 2021, 156 information science majors received their bachelor's degree from UIC.

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.

UIC General Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Science

UIC General Information Science Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks information science programs across the country. The following shows how UIC performed in these rankings.

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 UIC 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	13
Most Popular General Information Science Schools	26
Best General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	38
Most Focused General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	62
	63
Best General Information Science Schools	71
Best Value General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	73
	110
Best Value General Information Science Schools	125
Most Focused General Information Science Schools	126

Information Science Student Demographics at UIC

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

UIC General Information Science Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 156 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in information science from UIC. About 69% were men and 31% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% 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 University of Illinois at Chicago with a bachelor's in information science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	55
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	31
White	34
International Students	18
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

UIC 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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Chicago.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Computer and Information Systems Managers	17,770	$143,900
Systems Software Developers	17,130	$108,570
Computer Science Professors	1,430	$83,270
Computer and Information Research Scientists	500	$113,350

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 Hied5 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.