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Computer Information Systems at Northwestern University

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Computer Information Systems at Northwestern 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 Northwestern University stacks up to those at other schools.

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and has a total student population of 22,603. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 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.

Northwestern Computer Information Systems Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in CIS

Northwestern Computer Information Systems Rankings

CIS Student Demographics at Northwestern

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

Northwestern Computer Information Systems Master’s Program

27% Women
27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 students earned a master's degree in CIS from Northwestern. About 27% of these graduates were women and the other 73% were men.

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In the CIS master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 27% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 8
International Students 8
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 IL, the home state for Northwestern University.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Software Applications Developers 30,500 $96,610
Computer Systems Analysts 28,130 $89,370
Computer and Information Systems Managers 17,770 $143,900
Systems Software Developers 17,130 $108,570

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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