Computer Information Systems at George Washington University

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

GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 27,017 students attend the school each year.

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.

GWU Computer Information Systems Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CIS

GWU Computer Information Systems Rankings

The cis major at GWU 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.

CIS Student Demographics at GWU

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

GWU Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 64% of cis bachelor's degrees went to men and 36% went to women. The typical cis bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% women. So female students are more repesented at GWU since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% 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 Washington University with a bachelor's in cis.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Computer Information Systems

Computer Information Systems majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from George Washington University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Computer & Information Sciences	37
Artificial Intelligence	17
Information Technology	17

Related Majors

• Other Computer & Information Sciences
• Data Processing
• Information Science
• Computer Software & Applications
• Information Technology

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 DC, the home state for George Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Computer Workers	18,040	$117,540
Computer and Information Systems Managers	4,020	$168,500
Computer Systems Analysts	3,630	$106,790
Systems Software Developers	2,690	$115,610
Software Applications Developers	2,520	$112,510

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 Michiel1972 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.