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Overview for 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.

Careers for Information Science/Studies Majors

A major in Information Science/Studies is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided.

Colleges Offering a Major in Information Science/Studies

Top 7 California Colleges with the highest percentage of Information Science/Studies among the 2007-2008 graduating class.

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded/
Percentage
SelectivityTuition
Golden Gate University-San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
 20
(13.5%)
 $12,960 
California Lutheran University
Thousand Oaks, CA
 11
(2.1%)
Moderately Selective$27,850 
University of the Pacific
Stockton, CA
 4
(0.6%)
Moderately Selective$30,880 
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National University
La Jolla, CA
 3
(0.3%)
Open Admissions$10,224 
University of California-Riverside
Riverside, CA
 10
(0.3%)
Less Selective$28,453 
University of California-Irvine
Irvine, CA
 11
(0.2%)
Moderately Selective$28,654 
University of California-Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA
 1
(0.0%)
Less Selective- 
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.