Computer Information Systems at University of Southern California

Every computer information systems school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the CIS program at University of Southern California stacks up to those at other schools.

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 46,287. Of the 5,745 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Southern California in 2021, 12 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 Computer Information Systems Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at USC

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, USC does offer online courses in CIS for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

USC Computer Information Systems Rankings

The CIS major at USC 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.

In 2021, 158 students received their master’s degree in CIS from USC. This makes it the #24 most popular school for CIS master’s degree candidates in the country.

CIS Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in CIS from USC. About 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical CIS bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at USC since its program graduates 25% more women than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Southern California with a bachelor's in CIS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

USC Computer Information Systems Master’s Program

Of the 158 students who graduated with a master’s in CIS from USC in 2021, 56% were men and 44% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	7
International Students	141
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Computer Systems Networking
• Information Technology
• 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 CA, the home state for University of Southern California.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Systems Software Developers	88,910	$131,700
Computer Workers	74,690	$103,270
Computer Systems Analysts	67,950	$103,930
Computer and Information Systems Managers	63,640	$180,250

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 Original uploader was Padsquad19 at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.