Information Science Studies

A program that focuses on the theory, organization, and process of information collection, transmission, and utilization in traditional and electronic forms. Includes instruction in information classification and organization; information storage and processing; transmission, transfer, and signaling; communications and networking; systems planning and design; human interfacing and use analysis; database development; information policy analysis; and related aspects of hardware, software, economics, social factors, and capacity.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 384 institutions across the United States, with a total of 60892 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

477

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

968

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

9,632

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

506

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

8,428

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

191

degrees awarded

Other Awards

40,690

awards given

Top Schools for Information Science Studies

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	University of Maryland Global Campus Adelphi, MD	7,737
2	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	2,157
3	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	2,079
4	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	1,806
5	The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX	1,731
6	Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses Angola, IN	1,644
7	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	1,503
8	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	1,404
9	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	1,281
10	University of Maryland-Baltimore County Baltimore, MD	1,268
11	The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX	1,092
12	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	984
13	Cleveland State University Cleveland, OH	972
14	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	885
15	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY	870
16	University of North Texas Denton, TX	849
17	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	840
18	CUNY New York City College of Technology Brooklyn, NY	795
19	Ivy Tech Community College Indianapolis, IN	789
20	Boston University Boston, MA	771
21	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	768
22	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	663
23	Eastern Gateway Community College Steubenville, OH	648
24	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	585
25	Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA	543
26	University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MA	538
27	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	504
28	Pennsylvania State University-World Campus University Park, PA	501
29	New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ	480
30	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	471
31	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	456
32	James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA	447
33	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	444
34	Pace University New York, NY	441
35	Lamar University Beaumont, TX	426
36	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI	423
37	Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, GA	372
38	University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL	363
39	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	357
40	Eastern Florida State College Melbourne, FL	330
41	Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	309
42	Pratt Institute-Main Brooklyn, NY	297
43	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, CO	291
44	University of Denver Denver, CO	288
45	Georgia Southern University Statesboro, GA	279
46	Purdue University Global West Lafayette, IN	268
47	Dakota State University Madison, SD	264
48	University of Toledo Toledo, OH	264
49	University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NE	258
50	University at Albany Albany, NY	255
51	New York University New York, NY	255
52	CUNY Graduate School and University Center New York, NY	243
53	DePaul University Chicago, IL	240
54	University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL	231
55	CUNY Lehman College Bronx, NY	216
56	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	210
57	Cuyahoga Community College District Cleveland, OH	204
58	Tarleton State University Stephenville, TX	198
59	Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock, PA	195
60	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	195
61	University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston, MA	192
62	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	192
63	University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA	192
64	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	189
65	Ace Institute of Technology New York, NY	189
66	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	183
67	Missouri University of Science and Technology Rolla, MO	174
68	Salisbury University Salisbury, MD	174
69	South University-Savannah Online Savannah, GA	171
70	Norwich University Northfield, VT	168
71	SUNY Buffalo State University Buffalo, NY	168
72	Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO	165
73	George Washington University Washington, DC	162
74	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington Abington, PA	153
75	Fort Hays State University Hays, KS	150
76	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg Middletown, PA	144
77	Hudson Valley Community College Troy, NY	144
78	Northern Kentucky University Highland Heights, KY	141
79	University of Delaware Newark, DE	135
80	Towson University Towson, MD	132
81	University of Houston-Clear Lake Houston, TX	132
82	Utah Valley University Orem, UT	132
83	University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash College Blue Ash, OH	129
84	Strayer University-Global Region Washington, DC	129
85	Metropolitan State University Saint Paul, MN	129
86	Columbia College Columbia, MO	128
87	North Carolina Central University Durham, NC	126
88	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	120
89	Ball State University Muncie, IN	120
90	Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY	117
91	Harding University Searcy, AR	117
92	Christopher Newport University Newport News, VA	117
93	Claremont Graduate University Claremont, CA	117
94	Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, FL	114
95	Florida Institute of Technology-Online Melbourne, FL	114
96	American University Washington, DC	114
97	Bunker Hill Community College Boston, MA	112
98	Rowan University Glassboro, NJ	111
99	Dallas Baptist University Dallas, TX	111
100	Northwestern State University of Louisiana Natchitoches, LA	108