Information Science at University of South Carolina - Upstate

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

USC Upstate is located in Spartanburg, South Carolina and approximately 6,038 students attend the school each year. Of the 68 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of South Carolina - Upstate in 2021, 17 of them were information science majors.

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.

USC Upstate Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IS

USC Upstate Information Science Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The IS major at USC Upstate 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 Focused Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	73
Most Popular Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	84
Best Value Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	104
Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	109
	115
Most Focused Information Science Schools	144
Most Popular Information Science Schools	145
Best Information Science Schools	167
Best Value Information Science Schools	171
	185

Earnings of USC Upstate IS Graduates

The median salary of IS students who receive their bachelor's degree at USC Upstate is $43,885. This is less than $52,802, which is the national average of all IS majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

IS Student Demographics at USC Upstate

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

USC Upstate Information Science Bachelor’s Program

The IS program at USC Upstate awarded 17 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 94% of these degrees went to men with the other 6% going to women.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in IS at USC Upstate are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 South Carolina - Upstate with a bachelor's in IS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

USC Upstate 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 South Carolina - Upstate. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Information Science	17

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 SC, the home state for University of South Carolina - Upstate.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Computer and Information Systems Managers	3,070	$120,720
Systems Software Developers	2,280	$80,250
Computer Workers	1,510	$92,100
Computer Science Professors	580	$76,950
Computer and Information Research Scientists	370	$96,870

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 Dfscgt21 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.