Computer Information Systems at The University of Texas at Austin

If you plan to study computer information systems, take a look at what The University of Texas at Austin has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and approximately 50,476 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 94 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.

UT Austin Computer Information Systems Degrees Available

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

UT Austin Computer Information Systems Rankings

There were 32 students who received their doctoral degrees in CIS, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

CIS Student Demographics at UT Austin

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

UT Austin Computer Information Systems Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 94 students earned a master's degree in CIS from UT Austin. About 18% of these graduates were women and the other 82% were men.

In the CIS master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 22% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	18
International Students	53
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Related Majors

• Information Technology
• Information 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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Austin.

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 Reid Sullivan under License

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