Computer Information Systems at Cornell University

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

Cornell is located in Ithaca, New York and approximately 23,620 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 122 students received their master's degree in CIS.

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.

Cornell Computer Information Systems Degrees Available

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

Cornell Computer Information Systems Rankings

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in CIS, making the school the #46 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

CIS Student Demographics at Cornell

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

Cornell Computer Information Systems Master’s Program

Of the 122 students who graduated with a master’s in CIS from Cornell in 2021, 43% were men and 57% were women.

In the CIS master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 25% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	24
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	12
International Students	78
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Information Technology
• 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 NY, the home state for Cornell University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Software Applications Developers	52,640	$116,830
Computer Systems Analysts	44,030	$106,320
Computer and Information Systems Managers	27,070	$190,310
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	25,940	$94,940
Systems Software Developers	19,690	$115,120

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 Notyourbroom under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.