Computer & IS Security at University of Maryland Global Campus

If you are interested in studying computer & is security, you may want to check out the program at University of Maryland Global Campus. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UMGC is located in Adelphi, Maryland and has a total student population of 58,526.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computer & IS Security section at the bottom of this page.

UMGC Computer & IS Security Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance
• Master’s Degree in Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance

Online Classes Are Available at UMGC

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

UMGC does offer online education options in computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

UMGC Computer & IS Security Rankings

The computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance major at UMGC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer & IS Security. 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.

Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Student Demographics at UMGC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance majors at University of Maryland Global Campus.

UMGC Computer & IS Security Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 70% of computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance bachelor's degrees went to men and 30% went to women. The typical computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 22% women. So female students are more repesented at UMGC since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Maryland Global Campus with a bachelor's in computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	22
Black or African American	110
Hispanic or Latino	47
White	110
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	63

UMGC Computer & IS Security Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 74% of computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance master's degrees went to men and 26% went to women.

In the computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 62% of degree recipients. That is 21% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Maryland Global Campus with a master's in computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	70
Black or African American	366
Hispanic or Latino	68
White	220
International Students	31
Other Races/Ethnicities	106

Related Majors

Careers That Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MD, the home state for University of Maryland Global Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	16,220	$108,190
Computer and Information Systems Managers	10,590	$154,870
Computer Network Support Specialists	8,130	$73,360
Computer Network Architects	5,340	$121,720
Information Security Analysts	4,990	$107,960

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 M Chambers under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.