Qualified information professionals work in varied settings the world over. Today, with over 50 percent of US gross domestic product (GDP) related to information management (IM), career opportunities are abundant and diverse for persons with these in-demand skills and competencies. Information professionals will have more choices than ever before of where and how to apply their knowledge and abilities. Exciting career opportunities exist throughout the public, private, and nonprofit sectors including business, law, medicine, publishing, government, archives and museums, communications and media, engineering, and academia.

Students who select the IM track can focus their elective studies in one of five specializations