Management Information Systems at The University of Alabama

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

UA is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and has a total student population of 37,840. Of the 8,062 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of Alabama in 2021, 112 of them were management information systems majors.

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

UA Management Information Systems Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in MIS
• Master’s Degree in MIS

UA Management Information Systems Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The MIS major at UA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Management 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
	31
Most Focused Management Information Systems Master’s Degree Schools	69

In 2021, 12 students received their master’s degree in MIS from UA. This makes it the #35 most popular school for MIS master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UA MIS Graduates

The median salary of MIS students who receive their bachelor's degree at UA is $66,858. This is 26% higher than $53,048, which is the national average for all MIS bachelor's degree recipients.

MIS Student Demographics at UA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the MIS majors at The University of Alabama.

UA Management Information Systems Bachelor’s Program

Of the 112 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems from UA in 2020-2021, 71% were men and 29% were women.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in MIS at UA 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 The University of Alabama with a bachelor's in MIS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	86
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

UA Management Information Systems Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students earned a master's degree in MIS from UA. About 33% of these graduates were women and the other 67% were men.

Of the students who received a MIS master's degree from UA, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Taxation
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Hospitality Management
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Accounting

Careers That MIS Grads May Go Into

A degree in MIS can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AL, the home state for The University of Alabama.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Computer Programmers	7,750	$87,340
Computer and Information Systems Managers	3,200	$126,300

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 Deutschlandreform under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.