General Information Science at Virginia Commonwealth University

Every general information science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the information science program at Virginia Commonwealth University stacks up to those at other schools.

VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and approximately 29,070 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 171 information science majors received their bachelor's degree from VCU.

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.

VCU General Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Science
• Master’s Degree in Information Science

VCU General Information Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the information science progam at VCU 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 VCU 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 Popular General Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools	8
Most Popular General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	11
	11
	17
Most Focused General Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools	18
Best General Information Science Master’s Degree Schools	18
Best General Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools	19
Most Popular General Information Science Schools	22
Best Value General Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools	23
Best General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	33
Best Value General Information Science Master’s Degree Schools	35
Most Focused General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	44
	50
Best General Information Science Schools	59
Most Popular General Information Science Master’s Degree Schools	72
	77
Most Focused General Information Science Schools	80
Best Value General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	95
Most Focused General Information Science Master’s Degree Schools	110
Best Value General Information Science Schools	148

In 2021, 15 students received their master’s degree in information science from VCU. This makes it the #73 most popular school for information science master’s degree candidates in the country.

Information Science Student Demographics at VCU

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

VCU General Information Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 171 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Information Science from VCU in 2020-2021, 75% were men and 25% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% 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 Virginia Commonwealth University with a bachelor's in information science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	55
Black or African American	40
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	41
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

VCU General Information Science Master’s Program

Of the 15 information science students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from VCU, about 73% were men and 27% were women.

Of the students who received a information science master's degree from VCU, 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 Virginia Commonwealth University with a master's in information science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

VCU 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 VA, the home state for Virginia Commonwealth University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Systems Software Developers	27,800	$119,860
Computer Workers	14,580	$105,270
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,450	$173,290
Computer and Information Research Scientists	2,740	$129,840
Computer Science Professors	1,520	$90,880

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 user:mentes under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.