Computer Information Systems at University of California - San Diego

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

UCSD is located in La Jolla, California and has a total student population of 39,576. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 212 students received a bachelor's degree in CIS from UCSD.

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.

UCSD Computer Information Systems Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CIS
• Master’s Degree in CIS

UCSD Computer Information Systems Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks CIS programs across the country. The following shows how UCSD performed in these rankings.

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 CIS major at UCSD 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
Best Computer Information Systems Master’s Degree Schools	14
Best Computer Information Systems Schools	28

In 2021, 28 students received their master’s degree in CIS from UCSD. This makes it the #124 most popular school for CIS master’s degree candidates in the country.

CIS Student Demographics at UCSD

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the CIS majors at University of California - San Diego.

UCSD Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 212 students earned a bachelor's degree in CIS from UCSD. About 32% of these graduates were women and the other 68% were men. The typical CIS bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at UCSD since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% more racial-ethnic minorities in its CIS bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - San Diego with a bachelor's in CIS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	92
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	19
International Students	81
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

UCSD Computer Information Systems Master’s Program

Of the 28 CIS students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UCSD, about 75% were men and 25% were women.

In the CIS master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 46% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - San Diego with a master's in CIS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	8
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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

Related Majors

• Information Technology
• 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 CA, the home state for University of California - San Diego.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Systems Software Developers	88,910	$131,700
Computer Workers	74,690	$103,270
Computer Systems Analysts	67,950	$103,930
Computer and Information Systems Managers	63,640	$180,250

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 Znode at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.