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

Rice is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 7,643. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 128 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.

Rice Computer Information Systems Degrees Available

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

Rice Computer Information Systems Rankings

There were 16 students who received their doctoral degrees in CIS, making the school the #22 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

CIS Student Demographics at Rice

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

Rice Computer Information Systems Master’s Program

Of the 128 students who graduated with a master’s in CIS from Rice in 2021, 73% were men and 27% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	13
International Students	107
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

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 TX, the home state for Rice University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Software Applications Developers	71,260	$108,760
Computer Systems Analysts	51,710	$97,900
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	35,100	$89,500
Systems Software Developers	28,720	$110,740
Computer Workers	25,620	$90,290

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 Anatol Stefanowitsch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.