Informatics
Stem Major
Add ComparisonIn 2022, the locations with the highest concentration of Informatics degree recipients are Bloomington, IN, Seattle, WA, and Indianapolis city (balance), IN. In 2022, the locations with a relatively high number of Informatics degree recipients are Bloomington, IN, Syracuse, NY, and Meadville, PA. The most common degree awarded to students studying Informatics is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Informatics and the types of students that study this field. Indiana University-Bloomington awards the most degrees in Informatics in the US, having also the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Informatics, followed by Syracuse University (196413).
Tuition costs for Informatics majors are, on average, $8,295 for in-state public colleges, and $46,680 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Informatics programs are Public, 4-year or above institutions (44 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (1,713 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Informatics, is Public, 4-year or above (1,713 completions in 2022).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Informatics programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Indiana University-Bloomington has the most Informatics degree recipients, with 448 degrees awarded in 2022.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Informatics.
Out of all institutions that offer Informatics programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Indiana University-Bloomington has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Informatics, with 4.04%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Informatics by year.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services in the United States.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Male employees are more likely to hold Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (1,048 students).
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Informatics are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Associates Degree.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Doctorate degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Informatics.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Informatics for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Informatics.
White Male students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in India that hold Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services degrees (5.04 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is India (261,364 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Informatics field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Informatics majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Informatics majors need more than the average amount of Programming, Installation, and Technology Design.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Informatics majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Programming is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, and Critical Thinking are the three most important skills for people in the field.
