Computer Information Systems at Fairmont State University

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

Fairmont State is located in Fairmont, West Virginia and has a total student population of 3,848. Of the 695 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Fairmont State University in 2021, 15 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.

Fairmont State Computer Information Systems Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CIS

Fairmont State Computer Information Systems Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks CIS programs across the country. The following shows how Fairmont State 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 Fairmont State 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 Value Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	304
	321
Best Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	403
	442
Best Computer Information Systems Schools	528

CIS Student Demographics at Fairmont State

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

Fairmont State Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in CIS from Fairmont State. About 80% were men and 20% were women.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in CIS at Fairmont State 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 Fairmont State University with a bachelor's in CIS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Information 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 WV, the home state for Fairmont State University.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Computer Workers	2,380	$83,660
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	1,240	$68,980
Computer Systems Analysts	1,120	$74,010
Software Applications Developers	1,110	$87,490
Computer and Information Systems Managers	810	$119,430

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 User:Scochran4 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.