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Computer Information Systems at Swarthmore College

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Computer Information Systems at Swarthmore College

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

Swarthmore is located in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 1,437. Of the 481 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Swarthmore College in 2021, 59 of them were computer information systems majors.

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.

Swarthmore Computer Information Systems Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in CIS

Swarthmore Computer Information Systems Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the CIS progam at Swarthmore compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Swarthmore 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
Most Focused Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools 10
15
Best Value Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools 187
Most Popular Computer Information Systems Schools 298

How Much Do CIS Graduates from Swarthmore Make?

The median salary of CIS students who receive their bachelor's degree at Swarthmore is $97,897. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 84% higher than the national average of $53,242 for all CIS bachelor's degree recipients.

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CIS Student Demographics at Swarthmore

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

Swarthmore Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Program

37% Women
34% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 59 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in CIS from Swarthmore in 2021, 63% were men and 37% were women. The typical CIS bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Swarthmore since its program graduates 12% more women than average.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Swarthmore College with a bachelor's in CIS.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 13
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 20
International Students 15
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

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

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 PA, the home state for Swarthmore College.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Software Applications Developers 28,260 $96,370
Computer Systems Analysts 21,910 $95,990
Computer Workers 19,010 $87,040
Computer and Information Systems Managers 13,070 $146,860
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 12,760 $77,700

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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