Computer Information Systems at Grand Canyon University

Every computer information systems school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the CIS program at Grand Canyon University stacks up to those at other schools.

Grand Canyon University is located in Phoenix, Arizona and has a total student population of 103,427. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 280 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.

Grand Canyon University Computer Information Systems Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in CIS

Online Classes Are Available at Grand Canyon University

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? Grand Canyon University offers distance education options for CIS at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Grand Canyon University Computer Information Systems Rankings

CIS Student Demographics at Grand Canyon University

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

Grand Canyon University Computer Information Systems Master’s Program

Of the 280 CIS students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Grand Canyon University, about 30% were men and 70% were women.

In the CIS master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 63% of degree recipients. That is 42% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	60
Black or African American	74
Hispanic or Latino	30
White	75
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	28

Related Majors

• Information Technology

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 AZ, the home state for Grand Canyon University.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
Software Applications Developers	14,130	$98,670
Computer Systems Analysts	11,570	$88,970
Systems Software Developers	11,500	$103,860
Computer Workers	9,150	$85,010
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	7,330	$85,850

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.