Computer Information Systems at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

If you plan to study computer information systems, take a look at what Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

RPI is located in Troy, New York and approximately 7,501 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.

RPI Computer Information Systems Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CIS
• Master’s Degree in CIS

RPI Computer Information Systems Rankings

The cis major at RPI 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.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in cis, making the school the #81 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

CIS Student Demographics at RPI

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the cis majors at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

RPI Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of cis bachelor's degrees went to men and 37% went to women. The typical cis bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% women. So female students are more repesented at RPI since its program graduates 10% more women than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a bachelor's in cis.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	14
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

RPI Computer Information Systems Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of cis master's degrees went to men and 33% went to women.

In the cis master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 44% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a master's in cis.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Computer Information Systems

Computer Information Systems majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Information Technology	93

Related Majors

• Computer Science

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 NY, the home state for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Software Applications Developers	52,640	$116,830
Computer Systems Analysts	44,030	$106,320
Computer and Information Systems Managers	27,070	$190,310
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	25,940	$94,940
Systems Software Developers	19,690	$115,120

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 UpstateNYer under License

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