Information Science

As an information science major, you’ll have a home in two colleges: Arts and Sciences (A&S) and the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science.

The Information Science major is ideal for A&S students who wish to explore the human-centered aspects of computing and information, as well as technology’s real-world impact, adoption, and integration into everyday life. This includes the study of  ethics, law, and policy, particularly related to artificial intelligence (AI), human-AI interaction and human-robot interaction, networks and markets, social computing, user experience and design, and related topics.

Sample classes

• INFO 1170: Artificial Intelligence in Organizations
• INFO 1200: Choices and Consequences in Computing
• INFO 3370: Studying Social Inequality Using Data Science
• INFO 4250: Surveillance and Privacy
• INFO 4320: Introduction to Rapid Prototyping and Physical Computing
• INFO 4340: App Design and Prototyping
• INFO 4390: Practical Principles for Designing Fair Algorithms
• INFO 4470: Human-AI Interaction Design

Outcomes

All information below is A&S Class of 2025 information science majors’ undergraduate data at six months post-graduation. Explore these outcomes in greater detail on the Cornell Outcomes Dashboard or by emailing as_careers@cornell.edu.

What can you do with a degree in Information Science?

At the time the data were reported, 97% of the A&S Class of 2025 graduating with an information science major were employed full-time (72%), in graduate school (19%), or pursuing other endeavors, such as entrepreneurship (6%).

Graduate school:

In 2025, 19% of A&S information science majors elected to continue their studies after graduation. They pursued various advanced degrees, with 51% focusing on a Masters of Professional Studies, 20% on a Masters of Engineering, 18% on a Masters of Science, 4% on a Ph.D., and another 4% on a J.D. Their graduate field interests range from information science (36%) to computer science (15%) and applied statistics (7%), among other fields.

The top graduate school destination for Class of 2025 A&S information science majors was Cornell University. Beyond Cornell, these students also went to:

• Columbia University in the City of New York
• Brown University
• Carnegie Mellon University
• Duke University
• Emory University
• University of Florida
• Georgia Institute of Technology
• Georgetown University
• Harvard University
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• The New School
• New York University
• Stanford University
• University of California-Berkeley
• University of Maryland-College Park
• University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
• University of Virginia
• University of Hong Kong

Employment:

While 19% of their classmates continued their studies, 72% of information science graduates in A&S secured full-time employment. Of these, 32% entered the technology sector, 31% entered financial services (typically in tech-related roles), and 19% entered management consulting. 

Where 2025 Information Science Graduates Work

 The top ten employers for these students in the Class of 2025 were:

1. Epic Systems
2. Capital One
3. Microsoft 
4. Deloitte
5. IBM
6. PwC
7. American Express
8. Verizon
9. Ankura
10. Amazon