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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.

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| A major in Information Science/Studies is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided. |
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Top 50
U.S.
Colleges with the
most degrees awarded
of Information Science/Studies among the 2006-2007
graduating class.
|  | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA | 418 (4.4%) |  |  |
|  | University of Maryland-University College Adelphi, MD | 329 (11.7%) |  |  |
|  | Strayer University Washington, DC | 280 (12.4%) |  |  |
|  | University of Maryland-Baltimore County Baltimore, MD | 214 (11.2%) |  |  |
|  | CUNY New York City College of Technology Brooklyn, NY | 161 (29.9%) |  |  |
|  | Drexel University Philadelphia, PA | 125 (5.2%) |  |  |
|  | University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MA | 90 (6.5%) |  |  |
|  | Syracuse University Syracuse, NY | 88 (3.1%) |  |  |
|  | Farmingdale State University of New York Farmingdale, NY | 78 (12.9%) |  |  |
|  | Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, GA | 76 (3.0%) |  |  |
* The number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2006-2007 graduating class.
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