General Information Science at University of South Carolina - Upstate

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

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 general information science majors.

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.

USC Upstate General Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Science

USC Upstate General Information Science Rankings

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

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

Information Science Student Demographics at USC Upstate

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

USC Upstate General Information Science Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students earned a bachelor's degree in information science from USC Upstate. About 6% of these graduates were women and the other 94% were men.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in information science 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 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 South Carolina - Upstate with a bachelor's in information science.

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 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 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

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