Computer Information Systems at University of Pennsylvania

If you plan to study computer information systems, take a look at what University of Pennsylvania has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UPenn is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 26,552.

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.

UPenn Computer Information Systems Degrees Available

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

UPenn Computer Information Systems Rankings

The cis major at UPenn 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.

There were 17 students who received their doctoral degrees in cis, making the school the #18 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

CIS Student Demographics at UPenn

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the cis majors at University of Pennsylvania.

UPenn Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 66% of cis bachelor's degrees went to men and 34% went to women. The typical cis bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% women. So female students are more repesented at UPenn since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in cis.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	71
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	50
International Students	36
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

UPenn Computer Information Systems Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 66% of cis master's degrees went to men and 34% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Pennsylvania with a master's in cis.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	229
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	120
International Students	289
Other Races/Ethnicities	41

Concentrations Within Computer Information Systems

The following cis concentations are available at University of Pennsylvania. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Pennsylvania. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Computer & Information Sciences	451
Artificial Intelligence	87

Related Majors

• Computer Software & Applications
• 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 PA, the home state for University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Software Applications Developers	28,260	$96,370
Computer Systems Analysts	21,910	$95,990
Computer Workers	19,010	$87,040
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,070	$146,860
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	12,760	$77,700

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 WestCoastivieS under License

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