Computer Information Systems at University of South Carolina - Upstate

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

USC Upstate is located in Spartanburg, South Carolina and has a total student population of 6,038. Of the 1,139 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of South Carolina - Upstate 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.

USC Upstate Computer Information Systems Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CIS

USC Upstate Computer Information Systems Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the CIS progam at USC Upstate 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 USC Upstate 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 Schools	274
Most Popular Computer Information Systems Schools	325
	517

How Much Do CIS Graduates from USC Upstate Make?

The median salary of CIS students who receive their bachelor's degree at USC Upstate is $42,033. This is less than $53,242, which is the national average of all CIS majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

CIS Student Demographics at USC Upstate

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

USC Upstate Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 51 students earned a bachelor's degree in CIS from USC Upstate. About 31% of these graduates were women and the other 69% were men. The typical CIS bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at USC Upstate since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% 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 South Carolina - Upstate with a bachelor's in CIS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	24
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Related Majors

• Information 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 SC, the home state for University of South Carolina - Upstate.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Computer Systems Analysts	7,140	$80,200
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	5,780	$75,630
Software Applications Developers	4,580	$90,830
Computer and Information Systems Managers	3,070	$120,720
Systems Software Developers	2,280	$80,250

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 Dfscgt21 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.