Computer & Information Sciences at University of Houston

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

UH is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 47,090 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 96 students received their master's degree in computer and information sciences.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computer & Information Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

UH Computer & Information Sciences Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Computer & Information Sciences
• Doctorate Degree in Computer & Information Sciences

UH Computer & Information Sciences Rankings

There were 16 students who received their doctoral degrees in computer and information sciences, making the school the #51 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computer & Information Sciences Student Demographics at UH

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer and information sciences majors at University of Houston.

UH Computer & Information Sciences Master’s Program

Of the 96 students who graduated with a master’s in computer and information sciences from UH in 2021, 67% were men and 33% were women.

In the computer and information sciences master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 23% 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 University of Houston with a master's in computer and information sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	12
International Students	62
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Computer & Information Sciences

If you plan to be a computer and information sciences major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Houston. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Information Systems	68
Information Technology	39
Information Science	5

Related Majors

• Architecture & Related Services
• Engineering Technologies
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Physical Sciences

Careers That Computer & Information Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer and information sciences 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 University of Houston.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Software Applications Developers	71,260	$108,760
Computer User Support Specialists	60,380	$52,250
Computer Systems Analysts	51,710	$97,900
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	35,100	$89,500
Systems Software Developers	28,720	$110,740

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 RJN2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.