Computer Information Systems at Brown University

What traits are you looking for in a CIS school? To help you decide if Brown University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's CIS program.

Brown is located in Providence, Rhode Island and has a total student population of 9,948. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 40 students received a bachelor's degree in CIS from Brown.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computer Information Systems section at the bottom of this page.

Brown Computer Information Systems Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CIS

Brown Computer Information Systems Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the CIS progam at Brown compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The CIS major at Brown is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer Information Systems. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Computer Information Systems Master’s Degree Schools	297

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in CIS from Brown. This is the #298 most popular school for CIS master’s degree candidates in the country.

CIS Student Demographics at Brown

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the CIS majors at Brown University.

Brown Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Program

The CIS program at Brown awarded 40 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 68% of these degrees went to men with the other 33% going to women. The typical CIS bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Brown since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Brown University with a bachelor's in CIS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	11
International Students	16
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Brown also has a doctoral program available in CIS. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Computer Science

Careers That CIS Grads May Go Into

A degree in CIS can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for RI, the home state for Brown University.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Software Applications Developers	1,840	$96,850
Computer Systems Analysts	1,810	$99,470
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	1,800	$90,600
Computer Workers	1,410	$81,290
Computer and Information Systems Managers	1,270	$146,550

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Ad Meskens under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.