Computer Information Systems at George Mason University

What traits are you looking for in a CIS school? To help you decide if George Mason University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's CIS program.

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and has a total student population of 38,541. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 706 students received a bachelor's degree in CIS from GMU.

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.

GMU Computer Information Systems Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CIS
• Master’s Degree in CIS
• Doctorate Degree in CIS

Online Classes Are Available at GMU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? GMU offers distance education options for CIS at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

GMU Computer Information Systems Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the CIS progam at GMU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The CIS major at GMU 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
Most Popular Online Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
Most Popular Computer Information Systems Doctor’s Degree Schools	13
Best Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	27
Best Value Computer Information Systems Graduate Certificate Schools	47
Most Focused Computer Information Systems Master’s Degree Schools	84
Best Value Computer Information Systems Master’s Degree Schools	138
Best Value Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	158

In 2021, 147 students received their master’s degree in CIS from GMU. This makes it the #27 most popular school for CIS master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 19 students who received their doctoral degrees in CIS, making the school the #13 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of GMU CIS Graduates

The median salary of CIS students who receive their bachelor's degree at GMU is $69,322. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 30% higher than the national average of $53,242 for all CIS bachelor's degree recipients.

CIS Student Demographics at GMU

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

GMU Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 706 students earned a bachelor's degree in CIS from GMU. About 23% of these graduates were women and the other 77% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% more racial-ethnic minorities in its CIS bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	270
Black or African American	64
Hispanic or Latino	68
White	213
International Students	39
Other Races/Ethnicities	52

GMU Computer Information Systems Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 78% of CIS master's degrees went to men and 22% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	26
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	37
International Students	75
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

GMU also has a doctoral program available in CIS. In 2021, 19 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Information Science
• Information Technology
• Computer Systems Networking
• Computer Science
• Computer Software & Applications

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 VA, the home state for George Mason University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Software Applications Developers	38,110	$113,690
Systems Software Developers	27,800	$119,860
Computer Systems Analysts	26,800	$102,290
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	18,520	$93,860
Computer Workers	14,580	$105,270

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 Lucien Dalarun under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.