Computer Information Systems at Simpson College

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

Simpson College is located in Indianola, Iowa and approximately 1,267 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 9 CIS majors received their bachelor's degree from Simpson College.

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.

Simpson College Computer Information Systems Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CIS

Simpson College Computer Information Systems Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks CIS programs across the country. The following shows how Simpson College 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 Simpson College 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
	18
Best Computer Information Systems Graduate Certificate Schools	19
Best Computer Information Systems Schools	124
Most Focused Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	214
Best Value Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	337
Most Focused Computer Information Systems Schools	450
Most Popular Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	515

Earnings of Simpson College CIS Graduates

The median salary of CIS students who receive their bachelor's degree at Simpson College is $63,021. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 18% higher than the national average of $53,242 for all CIS bachelor's degree recipients.

CIS Student Demographics at Simpson College

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

Simpson College 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 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Simpson College since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in CIS at Simpson College 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 Simpson College with a bachelor's in CIS.

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

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

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 IA, the home state for Simpson College.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Computer Systems Analysts	7,330	$84,300
Software Applications Developers	6,990	$88,570
Computer and Information Systems Managers	3,920	$126,560
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	3,480	$74,940
Systems Software Developers	2,650	$91,920

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 GrandpaDave under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.