Information Science at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

If you plan to study information science, take a look at what University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and has a total student population of 52,679. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received a bachelor's degree in IS from UIUC.

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.

UIUC Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IS
• Master’s Degree in IS
• Doctorate Degree in IS

UIUC Information Science Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks IS programs across the country. The following shows how UIUC performed in these 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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The IS major at UIUC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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 Information Science Doctor’s Degree Schools	2
Most Popular Information Science Master’s Degree Schools	3
	3
Best Information Science Doctor’s Degree Schools	3
Best Value Information Science Doctor’s Degree Schools	4
	5
	6
Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	6
Best Information Science Master’s Degree Schools	7
Most Popular Information Science Schools	7
Best Value Information Science Master’s Degree Schools	10
Most Focused Information Science Doctor’s Degree Schools	10
Best Information Science Schools	11
	12
Most Focused Information Science Master’s Degree Schools	30
Most Popular Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools	36
Most Focused Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools	36
Best Value Information Science Schools	37
Best Value Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	53
Most Focused Information Science Schools	73
Most Popular Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	136
Most Focused Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	198

In 2021, 367 students received their master’s degree in IS from UIUC. This makes it the #3 most popular school for IS master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 15 students who received their doctoral degrees in IS, making the school the #3 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

IS Student Demographics at UIUC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the IS majors at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

UIUC Information Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 6 IS students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UIUC, about 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical IS bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at UIUC since its program graduates 16% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 45% more racial-ethnic minorities in its IS 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 Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor's in IS.

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

UIUC Information Science Master’s Program

Of the 367 students who earned a master's degree in Information Science from UIUC in 2020-2021, 29% were men and 71% were women.

Of the students who received a IS master's degree from UIUC, 53% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	193
International Students	117
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

UIUC also has a doctoral program available in IS. In 2021, 15 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Information Science

The following IS concentations are available at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Information Science	388

Related Majors

• Computer Information Systems
• Computer Science

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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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 Beyond My ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.