Computer Information Systems at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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

UNC Charlotte is located in Charlotte, North Carolina and approximately 30,146 students attend the school each year. Of the 6,358 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 2021, 99 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.

UNC Charlotte Computer Information Systems Degrees Available

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

UNC Charlotte Computer Information Systems Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the CIS progam at UNC Charlotte 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 CIS major at UNC Charlotte 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
Most Focused Computer Information Systems Doctor’s Degree Schools	15
Best Value Computer Information Systems Schools	287

In 2021, 75 students received their master’s degree in CIS from UNC Charlotte. This makes it the #60 most popular school for CIS master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 20 students who received their doctoral degrees in CIS, making the school the #12 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

CIS Student Demographics at UNC Charlotte

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the CIS majors at University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

UNC Charlotte Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 99 students earned a bachelor's degree in CIS from UNC Charlotte. About 29% of these graduates were women and the other 71% were men. The typical CIS bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at UNC Charlotte since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in CIS at UNC Charlotte are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 North Carolina at Charlotte with a bachelor's in CIS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	17
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	51
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

UNC Charlotte Computer Information Systems Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 75 CIS majors earned their master's degree from UNC Charlotte. Of these graduates, 40% were men and 60% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a master's in CIS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	59
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UNC Charlotte also has a doctoral program available in CIS. In 2021, 20 students 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 NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Software Applications Developers	30,580	$103,280
Computer Systems Analysts	26,110	$93,480
Computer and Information Systems Managers	12,740	$142,330
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	11,690	$84,870
Systems Software Developers	7,070	$105,760

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 Stanton49 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.