Computer Information Systems at Macalester College

Every computer information systems school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the CIS program at Macalester College stacks up to those at other schools.

Macalester is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and approximately 2,049 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 47 CIS majors received their bachelor's degree from Macalester.

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.

Macalester Computer Information Systems Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CIS

Macalester Computer Information Systems Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks CIS programs across the country. The following shows how Macalester performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The CIS major at Macalester 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 Focused Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	22
Best Computer Information Systems Schools	34
	36
	71
Most Focused Computer Information Systems Schools	95
Most Popular Computer Information Systems Schools	349

Earnings of Macalester CIS Graduates

The median salary of CIS students who receive their bachelor's degree at Macalester is $73,129. This is 37% higher than $53,242, which is the national average for all CIS bachelor's degree recipients.

CIS Student Demographics at Macalester

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the CIS majors at Macalester College.

Macalester Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 47 students earned a bachelor's degree in CIS from Macalester. About 53% of these graduates were women and the other 47% were men. The typical CIS bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Macalester since its program graduates 28% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	16
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

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 MN, the home state for Macalester College.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Software Applications Developers	19,970	$96,750
Computer Systems Analysts	18,710	$92,920
Computer and Information Systems Managers	9,510	$143,300
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	7,610	$85,620
Systems Software Developers	6,460	$110,460

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 Appraiser under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.