The main focus area for this major is General Information Science. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Information Science is a major offered under the computer and information sciences program of study at Rutgers University - New Brunswick. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in IS, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.
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If you're having trouble deciding which school is best for you, you may want to check out our many college rankings. Rutgers New Brunswick is in the top 10% of the country for IS. More specifically it was ranked #21 out of 235 schools by College Factual. It is also ranked #1 in New Jersey.
Here are some of the other rankings for Rutgers New Brunswick.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Rutgers New Brunswick paid an average of $942 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $394 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $12,230 | $29,012 |
Fees | $2,773 | $2,773 |
Books and Supplies | $1,350 | $1,350 |
On Campus Room and Board | $13,075 | $13,075 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,574 | $3,574 |
Learn more about Rutgers New Brunswick tuition and fees.
You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at Rutgers New Brunswick in IS walked away with an average of $26,000 in student debt. That is 7% lower than the national average of $27,878.
The median early career salary of IS students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Rutgers New Brunswick is $56,601 per year. That is 5% higher than the national average of $53,706.
Online degrees for the Rutgers New Brunswick IS bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Rutgers New Brunswick Online Learning page.
About 24.9% of the students who received their BS in IS in 2019-2020 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 26.1%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 66.3% of the IS bachelor’s degrees at Rutgers New Brunswick in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 46%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 166 |
Black or African American | 39 |
Hispanic or Latino | 49 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 |
White | 109 |
International Students | 21 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 23 |
Information Science students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Information Science | 409 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to information science.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Computer Information Systems | 572 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.