General Information Science at Wayne State College

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

WSC is located in Wayne, Nebraska and has a total student population of 4,202. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students received a bachelor's degree in information science from WSC.

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.

WSC General Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Science

WSC General Information Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the information science progam at WSC 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 information science major at WSC 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
Best Value General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
Best Value General Information Science Schools	8
Most Focused General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	46
Best General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	69
Most Popular General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	71
Most Focused General Information Science Schools	97
	98
Best General Information Science Schools	110
Most Popular General Information Science Schools	131
	163

Information Science Student Demographics at WSC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the information science majors at Wayne State College.

WSC General Information Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 20 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Information Science from WSC in 2020-2021, 55% were men and 45% were women. The typical information science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at WSC since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in information science at WSC 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 Wayne State College with a bachelor's in information science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	15
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WSC 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 NE, the home state for Wayne State College.

Occupation	Jobs in NE	Average Salary in NE
Computer Workers	2,980	$86,230
Systems Software Developers	2,880	$94,620
Computer and Information Systems Managers	2,200	$122,450
Computer Science Professors	180	$87,480
Computer and Information Research Scientists	30	$86,400

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 Ammodramus under License

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