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 Syracuse University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in IS, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. Syracuse is in the top 10% of the country for IS. More specifically it was ranked #20 out of 235 schools by College Factual. It is also ranked #3 in New York.
Here are some of the other rankings for Syracuse.
Part-time undergraduates at Syracuse paid an average of $2,363 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $53,432 | $53,432 |
Fees | $1,656 | $1,656 |
Books and Supplies | $1,564 | $1,564 |
On Campus Room and Board | $16,356 | $16,356 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $1,806 | $1,806 |
Learn more about Syracuse tuition and fees.
One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. IS students who received their bachelor’s degree at Syracuse took out an average of $27,000 in student loans. That is 3% lower than the national average of $27,878.
The median early career salary of IS students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Syracuse is $62,707 per year. That is 17% higher than the national average of $53,706.
Online degrees for the Syracuse 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 Syracuse Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in IS in 2019-2020, 45.8% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 26.1%.
Around 35.6% of IS bachelor’s degree recipients at Syracuse in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 46%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 28 |
Black or African American | 26 |
Hispanic or Latino | 17 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 110 |
International Students | 27 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 7 |
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 | 216 |
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 | 67 |
*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.