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Computer Information Systems at Dakota State University

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

Dakota State is located in Madison, South Dakota and has a total student population of 3,186. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 62 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.

Dakota State Computer Information Systems Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in CIS

Online Classes Are Available at Dakota State

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Dakota State offers distance education options for CIS at the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Master’s Degree

Dakota State Computer Information Systems Rankings

CIS Student Demographics at Dakota State

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

Dakota State Computer Information Systems Master’s Program

26% Women
18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 62 CIS majors earned their master's degree from Dakota State. Of these graduates, 74% were men and 26% were women.

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Of the students who received a CIS master's degree from Dakota State, 60% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 37
International Students 12
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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 SD, the home state for Dakota State University.

Occupation Jobs in SD Average Salary in SD
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 1,770 $62,420
Software Applications Developers 1,010 $75,000
Computer Systems Analysts 760 $75,810
Systems Software Developers 660 $90,430
Computer Network Architects 410 $100,330

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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