This page contains key outcome data for the Information Sciences Major, estimated using US Census data. See the methodology here. For more on the College Majors Data Dashboard click here.
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Overall Major Information
- Field: STEM
- Average Income: $66,000 (Rank: 34 of 173)
- 25% Make Less Than: $39,000
- Unemployment Rate: 3.70% (Rank: 79 of 171)
- Percent Female: 26.7%
- Percent Who Get a Masters Degree: 25.0%
- Percent Who Get a Professional Degree: 1.4%
- Percent Who Get a PhD: 1.8%
- Major Popularity Ranking: 79 of 173
- Major Difficulty (1-5): 2.96 (Rank: 49 of 118)
Careers Information
This list provides the 25 most common careers (occupations) among people in this major, and how much they earn within each occupation.
- Computer Scientists and Systems Analysts/Network systems Analysts/Web Developers: 16.91% (Average Income: $69,000)
- Software Developers, Applications and Systems Software: 14.45% (Average Income: $90,000)
- Computer Support Specialists: 6.78% (Average Income: $57,000)
- Computer Programmers: 3.71% (Average Income: $75,000)
- Managers, (including Postmasters): 3.35% (Average Income: $84,000)
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators: 3.13% (Average Income: $73,000)
- Management Analysts: 3.11% (Average Income: $83,000)
- Computer and Information Systems Managers: 2.88% (Average Income: $85,000)
- Designers: 2.22% (Average Income: $64,000)
- Accountants and Auditors: 2.12% (Average Income: $74,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Sales Workers: 2.04% (Average Income: $58,000)
- Customer Service Representatives: 1.65% (Average Income: $44,000)
- Unemployed, with No Work Experience in the Last 5 Years or Earlier or Never Worked: 1.35%
- Database Administrators: 1.33% (Average Income: $69,000)
- Other Business Operations and Management Specialists: 1.24% (Average Income: $91,000)
- Retail Salespersons: 1.12% (Average Income: $28,000)
- Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers: 1.06% (Average Income: $57,000)
- Engineers, : 0.86% (Average Income: $86,000)
- Financial Managers: 0.75% (Average Income: $60,000)
- Human Resources, Training, and Labor Relations Specialists: 0.73% (Average Income: $43,000)
- Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers: 0.72% (Average Income: $27,000)
- Stock Clerks and Order Fillers: 0.65% (Average Income: $21,000)
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing: 0.65% (Average Income: $72,000)
- Managers in Marketing, Advertising, and Public Relations: 0.61% (Average Income: $58,000)
- Operations Research Analysts: 0.55% (Average Income: $60,000)
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