Computer & Information Sciences at SUNY Polytechnic Institute

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

SUNY Poly is located in Utica, New York and has a total student population of 3,044. In 2021, 103 computer and information sciences majors received their bachelor's degree from SUNY Poly.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computer & Information Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

SUNY Poly Computer & Information Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer & Information Sciences
• Master’s Degree in Computer & Information Sciences

Online Classes Are Available at SUNY Poly

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? SUNY Poly offers distance education options for computer and information sciences at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

SUNY Poly Computer & Information Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the computer and information sciences progam at SUNY Poly compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The computer and information sciences major at SUNY Poly is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer & Information Sciences. 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
Most Focused Computer & Information Sciences Master’s Degree Schools	30
Most Focused Computer & Information Sciences Schools	82
Most Popular Computer & Information Sciences Master’s Degree Schools	119
Best Computer & Information Sciences Master’s Degree Schools	268
Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Master’s Degree Schools	331
	350
	580

In 2021, 101 students received their master’s degree in computer and information sciences from SUNY Poly. This makes it the #120 most popular school for computer and information sciences master’s degree candidates in the country.

Computer & Information Sciences Student Demographics at SUNY Poly

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer and information sciences majors at SUNY Polytechnic Institute.

SUNY Poly Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Program

Of the 103 computer and information sciences students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from SUNY Poly, about 83% were men and 17% were women.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in computer and information sciences at SUNY Poly 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 SUNY Polytechnic Institute with a bachelor's in computer and information sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	78
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

SUNY Poly Computer & Information Sciences Master’s Program

Of the 101 computer and information sciences students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from SUNY Poly, about 68% were men and 32% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	31
International Students	63
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

SUNY Poly also has a doctoral program available in computer and information sciences. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Computer & Information Sciences

If you plan to be a computer and information sciences major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from SUNY Polytechnic Institute. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Information Systems	135
Information Science	39
Information Technology	30

Related Majors

• Mathematics & Statistics
• Science Technologies / Technicians
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences
• Engineering Technologies
• Engineering

Careers That Computer & Information Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer and information sciences 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 SUNY Polytechnic Institute.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Software Applications Developers	52,640	$116,830
Computer User Support Specialists	45,190	$60,160
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

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 Bssasidhar under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.