Computer & IS Security at Carnegie Mellon University

If you are interested in studying computer & is security, you may want to check out the program at Carnegie Mellon University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 13,519.

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

Carnegie Mellon Computer & IS Security Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance

Carnegie Mellon Computer & IS Security Rankings

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance, making the school the #8 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Student Demographics at Carnegie Mellon

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance majors at Carnegie Mellon University.

Carnegie Mellon Computer & IS Security Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 64% of computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance master's degrees went to men and 36% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a master's in computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	25
International Students	97
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Related Majors

• Information Technology Project Management
• Information Technology Management

Careers That Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Carnegie Mellon University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,070	$146,860
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	12,760	$77,700
Computer Network Architects	7,120	$101,090
Computer Network Support Specialists	6,400	$64,700
Database Administrators	5,390	$84,510

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 Daderot under License

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