Computer Information Systems at Rice University

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 Rice University stacks up to those at other schools.

Rice is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 7,643.

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.

Rice Computer Information Systems Degrees Available

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

Rice Computer Information Systems Rankings

The cis major at Rice 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 16 students who received their doctoral degrees in cis, making the school the #22 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

CIS Student Demographics at Rice

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the cis majors at Rice University.

Rice Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of cis bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical cis bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% women. So female students are more repesented at Rice since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% more racial-ethnic minorities in its cis bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	53
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	52
International Students	35
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Rice Computer Information Systems Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 72% of cis master's degrees went to men and 28% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	14
International Students	247
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Computer Information Systems

The following cis concentations are available at Rice University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Rice University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Computer & Information Sciences	293

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 TX, the home state for Rice University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Software Applications Developers	71,260	$108,760
Computer Systems Analysts	51,710	$97,900
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	35,100	$89,500
Systems Software Developers	28,720	$110,740
Computer Workers	25,620	$90,290

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 Anatol Stefanowitsch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.