Computer Information Systems at Cornell University

If you plan to study computer information systems, take a look at what Cornell University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Cornell is located in Ithaca, New York and approximately 23,620 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.

Cornell Computer Information Systems Degrees Available

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

Cornell Computer Information Systems Rankings

The cis major at Cornell 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.

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in cis, making the school the #46 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

CIS Student Demographics at Cornell

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

Cornell Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of cis bachelor's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. The typical cis bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% women. So female students are more repesented at Cornell since its program graduates 31% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% 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 Cornell University with a bachelor's in cis.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	59
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	32
White	52
International Students	29
Other Races/Ethnicities	25

Cornell Computer Information Systems Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of cis master's degrees went to men and 59% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	25
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	8
International Students	130
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Cornell University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Information Technology	301
General Computer & Information Sciences	21

Related Majors

• Information Technology
• 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 NY, the home state for Cornell University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Software Applications Developers	52,640	$116,830
Computer Systems Analysts	44,030	$106,320
Computer and Information Systems Managers	27,070	$190,310
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	25,940	$94,940
Systems Software Developers	19,690	$115,120

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 Notyourbroom under License

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