Computer Information Systems at Pacific Lutheran University

If you are interested in studying computer information systems, you may want to check out the program at Pacific Lutheran University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

PLU is located in Tacoma, Washington and approximately 2,907 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 students received a bachelor's degree in CIS from PLU.

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.

PLU Computer Information Systems Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CIS

PLU Computer Information Systems Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The CIS major at PLU 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
Best Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	79
Best Computer Information Systems Schools	112
	133
Most Focused Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	183
Most Focused Computer Information Systems Schools	448
Most Popular Computer Information Systems Schools	602

How Much Do CIS Graduates from PLU Make?

The median salary of CIS students who receive their bachelor's degree at PLU is $67,051. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 26% higher than the national average of $53,242 for all CIS bachelor's degree recipients.

CIS Student Demographics at PLU

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

PLU Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 CIS majors earned their bachelor's degree from PLU. Of these graduates, 77% were men and 23% were women.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in CIS at PLU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

PLU 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 WA, the home state for Pacific Lutheran University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Software Applications Developers	53,860	$131,790
Computer Systems Analysts	17,970	$96,860
Systems Software Developers	16,130	$121,250
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,690	$159,290
Computer Workers	13,100	$91,620

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.