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Computer Information Systems at University of Pennsylvania

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

UPenn is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and approximately 26,552 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 365 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.

UPenn Computer Information Systems Degrees Available

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

UPenn Computer Information Systems Rankings

There were 17 students who received their doctoral degrees in CIS, making the school the #18 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

CIS Student Demographics at UPenn

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

UPenn Computer Information Systems Master’s Program

32% Women
26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 365 students earned a master's degree in CIS from UPenn. About 32% of these graduates were women and the other 68% were men.

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In the CIS master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 26% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 75
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 69
International Students 199
Other Races/Ethnicities 14

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 PA, the home state for University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Software Applications Developers 28,260 $96,370
Computer Systems Analysts 21,910 $95,990
Computer Workers 19,010 $87,040
Computer and Information Systems Managers 13,070 $146,860
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 12,760 $77,700

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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