Information Science at University of North Carolina at Greensboro

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

UNC Greensboro is located in Greensboro, North Carolina and has a total student population of 19,764. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students received a bachelor's degree in IS from UNC Greensboro.

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.

UNC Greensboro Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IS

Online Classes Are Available at UNC Greensboro

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, UNC Greensboro does offer online courses in IS for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

UNC Greensboro Information Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IS progam at UNC Greensboro compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 UNC Greensboro 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 Online Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	26
Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	34
Most Popular Online Information Science Schools	40
Best Value Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	42
	56
Best Information Science Schools	61
Best Value Information Science Schools	68
	100
Most Popular Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	156
Most Focused Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	194
Most Popular Information Science Schools	288
Most Focused Information Science Schools	338

IS Student Demographics at UNC Greensboro

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the IS majors at University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

UNC Greensboro Information Science Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 IS majors earned their bachelor's degree from UNC Greensboro. Of these graduates, 33% were men and 67% were women. The typical IS bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at UNC Greensboro since its program graduates 33% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% 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 North Carolina at Greensboro with a bachelor's in IS.

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

UNC Greensboro also has a doctoral program available in IS. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Information Science

If you plan to be a IS major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Information Science	3

Related Majors

• Computer Information Systems
• Information Technology
• Computer Software & Applications
• Computer Science
• Computer Systems Networking

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 NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Computer and Information Systems Managers	12,740	$142,330
Systems Software Developers	7,070	$105,760
Computer Workers	5,940	$88,650
Computer Science Professors	1,640	$72,320
Computer and Information Research Scientists	140	$108,460

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 Willthacheerleader18 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.