Computer Information Systems at Yale University

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

Yale is located in New Haven, Connecticut and approximately 12,060 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,431 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Yale University in 2021, 96 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.

Yale Computer Information Systems Degrees Available

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

Yale Computer Information Systems Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the CIS progam at Yale compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The CIS major at Yale 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
	1
Most Focused Computer Information Systems Doctor’s Degree Schools	21
Most Focused Computer Information Systems Graduate Certificate Schools	66
Best Value Computer Information Systems Master’s Degree Schools	75
Best Value Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	224

In 2021, 43 students received their master’s degree in CIS from Yale. This makes it the #96 most popular school for CIS master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in CIS, making the school the #43 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Yale CIS Graduates

The median salary of CIS students who receive their bachelor's degree at Yale is $133,998. This is 152% higher than $53,242, which is the national average for all CIS bachelor's degree recipients.

CIS Student Demographics at Yale

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

Yale Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 96 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in CIS from Yale. About 64% were men and 36% were women. The typical CIS bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Yale since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% 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 Yale University with a bachelor's in CIS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	37
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	24
International Students	18
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Yale Computer Information Systems Master’s Program

The CIS program at Yale awarded 43 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 74% of these degrees went to men with the other 26% going to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	26
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Yale also has a doctoral program available in CIS. In 2021, 9 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Computer Programming

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 CT, the home state for Yale University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Software Applications Developers	11,540	$105,500
Computer and Information Systems Managers	8,430	$147,440
Computer Systems Analysts	6,860	$94,530
Systems Software Developers	3,560	$102,440
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	2,890	$93,230

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 Jdbrandt under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.