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
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.
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 |
Related Majors
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.
- College Factual
- National Center for Education Statistics
- O*NET Online
- Image Credit: By Nyttend under License
More about our data sources and methodologies.