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Information Technology at Eastern Illinois University

Information Technology at Eastern Illinois University

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

EIU is located in Charleston, Illinois and approximately 8,626 students attend the school each year.

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

EIU Information Technology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in IT

EIU Information Technology Rankings

The it major at EIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Information Technology. 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.

IT Student Demographics at EIU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the it majors at Eastern Illinois University.

EIU Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

17% Women
42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 83% of it bachelor's degrees went to men and 17% went to women.

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About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in it at EIU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% more racial-ethnic minorities in its it 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 it.

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

Concentrations Within Information Technology

If you plan to be a it 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 Eastern Illinois University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Information Technology Management 13

Careers That IT Grads May Go Into

A degree in it 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
Computer User Support Specialists 24,920 $53,020
Computer and Information Systems Managers 17,770 $143,900
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 11,640 $86,290
Computer Network Support Specialists 9,940 $65,830

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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