Computer Information Systems at Central Washington University

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

CWU is located in Ellensburg, Washington and approximately 11,174 students attend the school each year.

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.

CWU Computer Information Systems Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CIS
• Master’s Degree in CIS

CWU Computer Information Systems Rankings

The cis major at CWU 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.

CIS Student Demographics at CWU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the cis majors at Central Washington University.

CWU Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 72% of cis bachelor's degrees went to men and 28% went to women. The typical cis bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% women. So female students are more repesented at CWU since its program graduates 1% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% more racial-ethnic minorities in its cis bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	15
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

CWU Computer Information Systems Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of cis master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Central Washington University with a master's in cis.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Concentrations Within Computer Information Systems

If you plan to be a cis major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Central Washington University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Information Technology	80

Related Majors

• Computer Software & Applications
• Computer Science
• Information Technology

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 WA, the home state for Central Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Software Applications Developers	53,860	$131,790
Computer Systems Analysts	17,970	$96,860
Systems Software Developers	16,130	$121,250
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,690	$159,290
Computer Workers	13,100	$91,620

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.