Computer Information Systems at University of Mary Washington

What traits are you looking for in a CIS school? To help you decide if University of Mary Washington is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's CIS program.

UMW is located in Fredericksburg, Virginia and approximately 4,293 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,083 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Mary Washington in 2021, 51 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.

UMW Computer Information Systems Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CIS

UMW Computer Information Systems Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the CIS progam at UMW 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 CIS major at UMW 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
	79
Best Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	83
Most Focused Computer Information Systems Schools	281
Best Value Computer Information Systems Schools	307
Most Popular Computer Information Systems Schools	325

Earnings of UMW CIS Graduates

The median salary of CIS students who receive their bachelor's degree at UMW is $66,251. This is 24% higher than $53,242, which is the national average for all CIS bachelor's degree recipients.

CIS Student Demographics at UMW

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the CIS majors at University of Mary Washington.

UMW Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Program

Of the 51 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Computer Information Systems from UMW in 2020-2021, 73% were men and 27% were women. The typical CIS bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at UMW since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in CIS at UMW 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 Mary Washington with a bachelor's in CIS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	37
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

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 VA, the home state for University of Mary Washington.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Software Applications Developers	38,110	$113,690
Systems Software Developers	27,800	$119,860
Computer Systems Analysts	26,800	$102,290
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	18,520	$93,860
Computer Workers	14,580	$105,270

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 Morgan Riley under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.