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Computer & Information Sciences at Eastern Illinois University

Computer & Information Sciences at Eastern Illinois University

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

EIU is located in Charleston, Illinois and has a total student population of 8,626.

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

EIU Computer & Information Sciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer & Information Sciences

EIU Computer & Information Sciences Rankings

The computer & information sciences major at EIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer & Information Sciences. 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.

Computer & Information Sciences Student Demographics at EIU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer & information sciences majors at Eastern Illinois University.

EIU Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Program

15% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 85% of computer & information sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 15% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer & information sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Eastern Illinois University with a bachelor's in computer & information sciences.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 9
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Computer & Information Sciences

If you plan to be a computer & information sciences 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 Eastern Illinois University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Information Technology 13
Computer Information Systems 11
Computer Science 5

Careers That Computer & Information Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer & information sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Eastern Illinois University.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Software Applications Developers 30,500 $96,610
Computer Systems Analysts 28,130 $89,370
Computer User Support Specialists 24,920 $53,020
Computer and Information Systems Managers 17,770 $143,900
Systems Software Developers 17,130 $108,570

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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