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Computer Information Systems at Virginia Commonwealth University

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

VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and approximately 29,070 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 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.

VCU Computer Information Systems Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in CIS

VCU Computer Information Systems Rankings

CIS Student Demographics at VCU

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

VCU Computer Information Systems Master’s Program

27% Women
27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The CIS program at VCU awarded 11 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 73% of these degrees went to men with the other 27% going to women.

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Of the students who received a CIS master's degree from VCU, 55% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. 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 Virginia Commonwealth University with a master's in CIS.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 6
International Students 2
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 VA, the home state for Virginia Commonwealth University.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Software Applications Developers 38,110 $113,690
Systems Software Developers 27,800 $119,860
Computer Systems Analysts 26,800 $102,290
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 18,520 $93,860
Computer Workers 14,580 $105,270

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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