Information Technology at University of Illinois at Springfield

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

UIS is located in Springfield, Illinois and approximately 4,146 students attend the school each year. Of the 607 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Illinois at Springfield in 2021, 19 of them were information technology majors.

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

UIS Information Technology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IT

UIS Information Technology Rankings

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

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 IT major at UIS is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Information Technology. 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 Value Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	67
Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	96
Best Value Information Technology Schools	246
Best Information Technology Schools	259
	355
Most Popular Information Technology Schools	368

IT Student Demographics at UIS

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the IT majors at University of Illinois at Springfield.

UIS Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 84% of IT bachelor's degrees went to men and 16% went to women.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in IT at UIS 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 University of Illinois at Springfield with a bachelor's in IT.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Computer Systems Analysis
• Computer Science

Careers That IT Grads May Go Into

A degree in IT 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 University of Illinois at Springfield.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Computer User Support Specialists	24,920	$53,020
Computer and Information Systems Managers	17,770	$143,900
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	11,640	$86,290
Computer Network Support Specialists	9,940	$65,830

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 Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.