Computer Information Systems at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

What traits are you looking for in a CIS school? To help you decide if Southern Illinois University Carbondale is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's CIS program.

SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and approximately 11,366 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 53 CIS majors received their bachelor's degree from SIUC.

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.

SIUC Computer Information Systems Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CIS

Online Classes Are Available at SIUC

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, SIUC does offer online courses in CIS for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

SIUC Computer Information Systems Rankings

The CIS major at SIUC 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.

Earnings of SIUC CIS Graduates

The median salary of CIS students who receive their bachelor's degree at SIUC is $55,331. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 4% higher than the national average of $53,242 for all CIS bachelor's degree recipients.

CIS Student Demographics at SIUC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the CIS majors at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

SIUC Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Program

Of the 53 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Computer Information Systems from SIUC in 2020-2021, 85% were men and 15% were women.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in CIS at SIUC 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 Southern Illinois University Carbondale with a bachelor's in CIS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	39
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

SIUC 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 IL, the home state for Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Software Applications Developers	30,500	$96,610
Computer Systems Analysts	28,130	$89,370
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 Mark Jaroski under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.