General Information Science at Utah Valley University

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

UVU is located in Orem, Utah and has a total student population of 40,936. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 57 students received a bachelor's degree in information science from UVU.

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.

UVU General Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Science

UVU General Information Science Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks information science programs across the country. The following shows how UVU 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 information science major at UVU 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
	40
Most Popular General Information Science Schools	62
Best General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	83
Most Focused General Information Science Schools	259

Information Science Student Demographics at UVU

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

UVU General Information Science Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 57 students earned a bachelor's degree in information science from UVU. About 21% of these graduates were women and the other 79% were men.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in information science at UVU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Utah Valley University with a bachelor's in information science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	42
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UVU 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 UT, the home state for Utah Valley University.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Computer Workers	6,470	$76,890
Systems Software Developers	5,690	$106,040
Computer and Information Systems Managers	5,440	$121,570
Computer and Information Research Scientists	770	$98,210
Computer Science Professors	400	$105,560

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 uvuphotos under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.