Computer Information Systems at Drake University

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

Drake is located in Des Moines, Iowa and approximately 4,774 students attend the school each year. Of the 838 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Drake University in 2021, 48 of them were computer information systems majors.

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.

Drake Computer Information Systems Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CIS

Drake Computer Information Systems Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks CIS programs across the country. The following shows how Drake performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The CIS major at Drake 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
Best Computer Information Systems Schools	69
	113
Most Focused Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	147
Best Value Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	308
Most Popular Computer Information Systems Schools	343

How Much Do CIS Graduates from Drake Make?

The median salary of CIS students who receive their bachelor's degree at Drake is $62,903. This is 18% higher than $53,242, which is the national average for all CIS bachelor's degree recipients.

CIS Student Demographics at Drake

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

Drake Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 48 students earned a bachelor's degree in CIS from Drake. About 29% of these graduates were women and the other 71% were men. The typical CIS bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Drake since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in CIS at Drake are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	36
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

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 IA, the home state for Drake University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Computer Systems Analysts	7,330	$84,300
Software Applications Developers	6,990	$88,570
Computer and Information Systems Managers	3,920	$126,560
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	3,480	$74,940
Systems Software Developers	2,650	$91,920

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 Limitingflame1 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.