Computer & IS Security at George Washington University

Every computer & is security school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance program at George Washington University stacks up to those at other schools.

GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a total student population of 27,017.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computer & IS Security section at the bottom of this page.

GWU Computer & IS Security Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance
• Master’s Degree in Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance

GWU Computer & IS Security Rankings

The computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance major at GWU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer & IS Security. 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.

Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Student Demographics at GWU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance majors at George Washington University.

GWU Computer & IS Security Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 83% of computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance bachelor's degrees went to men and 17% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance 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 computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	11
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

GWU Computer & IS Security Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 69% of computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance master's degrees went to men and 31% went to women.

In the computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 46% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from George Washington University with a master's in computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	24
Black or African American	27
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	39
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	24

Related Majors

Careers That Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance 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 and Information Systems Managers	4,020	$168,500
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	1,960	$99,920
Information Security Analysts	1,660	$118,080
Computer Network Architects	1,010	$123,200
Database Administrators	850	$95,710

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.