Management Information Systems at Western Washington University

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

WWU is located in Bellingham, Washington and approximately 15,197 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 55 students received a bachelor's degree in MIS from WWU.

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.

WWU Management Information Systems Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in MIS

WWU Management Information Systems Rankings

The MIS major at WWU 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.

How Much Do MIS Graduates from WWU Make?

The median salary of MIS students who receive their bachelor's degree at WWU is $52,624. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $53,048 for all MIS students.

MIS Student Demographics at WWU

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

WWU Management Information Systems Bachelor’s Program

The MIS program at WWU awarded 55 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 60% of these degrees went to men with the other 40% going to women. The typical MIS bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% women. So female students are more repesented at WWU since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in MIS at WWU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Washington University with a bachelor's in MIS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	30
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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

Related Majors

• International Business
• Finance & Financial Management
• Accounting
• Marketing
• 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 WA, the home state for Western Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,690	$159,290
Computer Programmers	9,670	$126,920

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.