Computer & IS Security at Western Michigan University

If you plan to study computer & is security, take a look at what Western Michigan University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

WMU is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and has a total student population of 19,887.

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

WMU Computer & IS Security Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance
• Master’s Degree in Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance

Online Classes Are Available at WMU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? WMU offers distance education options for computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

WMU Computer & IS Security Rankings

Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Student Demographics at WMU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance majors at Western Michigan University.

WMU Computer & IS Security Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance master's degrees went to men and 33% went to women.

In the computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 26% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Western Michigan University with a master's in computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance.

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

Related Majors

Careers That Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MI, the home state for Western Michigan University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Computer and Information Systems Managers	9,480	$131,100
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	7,240	$77,580
Computer Network Architects	3,300	$100,710
Database Administrators	2,820	$83,900
Computer Network Support Specialists	2,780	$60,470

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 TheKuLeR under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.