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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 6 North Carolina Colleges with the highest percentage of Information Science/Studies among the 2007-2008 graduating class.

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded/
Percentage
SelectivityTuition
Guilford College
Greensboro, NC
 17
(3.3%)
Moderately Selective$26,030 
North Carolina Central University
Durham, NC
 15
(1.8%)
Less Selective$14,104 
Winston-Salem State University
Winston-Salem, NC
 15
(1.7%)
Moderately Selective$12,029 
Online Degree Programs
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Mount Olive College
Mount Olive, NC
 8
(1.3%)
Open Admissions$13,776 
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
 17
(0.4%)
Highly Selective$22,295 
Lenoir-Rhyne University
Hickory, NC
 1
(0.4%)
Less Selective$23,070 
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.