Management Information Systems at Western Connecticut State University

If you are interested in studying management information systems, you may want to check out the program at Western Connecticut State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

WestConn is located in Danbury, Connecticut and approximately 5,246 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,035 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Western Connecticut State University in 2021, 23 of them were management information systems majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Management Information Systems section at the bottom of this page.

WestConn Management Information Systems Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in MIS

WestConn Management Information Systems Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks MIS programs across the country. The following shows how WestConn performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The MIS major at WestConn is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Management 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 Management Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	41
Most Popular Management Information Systems Schools	137
	160
Best Management Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	215
	217

How Much Do MIS Graduates from WestConn Make?

The median salary of MIS students who receive their bachelor's degree at WestConn is $44,994. This is less than $53,048, which is the national average of all MIS majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

MIS Student Demographics at WestConn

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the MIS majors at Western Connecticut State University.

WestConn Management Information Systems Bachelor’s Program

Of the 23 MIS students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from WestConn, about 96% were men and 4% were women.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in MIS at WestConn are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities in its MIS bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Western Connecticut State University with a bachelor's in MIS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• General Business/Commerce
• Finance & Financial Management
• Marketing
• Accounting
• Business Administration & Management

Careers That MIS Grads May Go Into

A degree in MIS can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CT, the home state for Western Connecticut State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Computer and Information Systems Managers	8,430	$147,440
Computer Programmers	4,110	$93,370

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 Andrew Gusciora under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.