Computer & IS Security at Western Illinois University

What traits are you looking for in a computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance school? To help you decide if Western Illinois University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance program.

WIU is located in Macomb, Illinois and approximately 7,490 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computer & IS Security section at the bottom of this page.

WIU Computer & IS Security Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance

WIU Computer & IS Security Rankings

The computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance major at WIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer & IS Security. 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.

Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Student Demographics at WIU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance majors at Western Illinois University.

WIU Computer & IS Security Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance bachelor's degrees went to men and 25% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Western Illinois University with a bachelor's in computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

Careers That Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Western Illinois University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Computer and Information Systems Managers	17,770	$143,900
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	11,640	$86,290
Computer Network Support Specialists	9,940	$65,830
Computer Network Architects	5,310	$114,780
Information Security Analysts	3,780	$98,640

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 IlliniGradResearch under License

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