Computer & Information Sciences at National Louis University

What traits are you looking for in a computer and information sciences school? To help you decide if National Louis University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's computer and information sciences program.

NLU is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 7,402 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 18 computer and information sciences majors received their bachelor's degree from NLU.

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

NLU Computer & Information Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer & Information Sciences

Online Classes Are Available at NLU

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? NLU offers distance education options for computer and information sciences at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

NLU Computer & Information Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the computer and information sciences progam at NLU 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 computer and information sciences major at NLU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer & Information Sciences. 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 Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	112
Most Focused Computer & Information Sciences Schools	2,280

Computer & Information Sciences Student Demographics at NLU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer and information sciences majors at National Louis University.

NLU Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Program

Of the 18 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Computer & Information Sciences from NLU in 2020-2021, 67% were men and 33% were women. The typical computer and information sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at NLU since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 47% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer and information sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from National Louis University with a bachelor's in computer and information sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

NLU also has a doctoral program available in computer and information sciences. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Computer & Information Sciences

Computer & Information Sciences 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 National Louis University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Information Systems	18

Related Majors

Careers That Computer & Information Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer and information sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for National Louis University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Software Applications Developers	30,500	$96,610
Computer Systems Analysts	28,130	$89,370
Computer User Support Specialists	24,920	$53,020
Computer and Information Systems Managers	17,770	$143,900
Systems Software Developers	17,130	$108,570

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 TonyTheTiger under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.