Computer Information Systems at Carnegie Mellon University

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

Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 13,519. Of the 313 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Carnegie Mellon University in 2021, 66 of them were computer information systems majors.

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.

Carnegie Mellon Computer Information Systems Degrees Available

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

Carnegie Mellon Computer Information Systems Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks CIS programs across the country. The following shows how Carnegie Mellon performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The CIS major at Carnegie Mellon is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer Information Systems. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Computer Information Systems Doctor’s Degree Schools	2
Most Popular Computer Information Systems Master’s Degree Schools	3
Best Computer Information Systems Master’s Degree Schools	4
Best Computer Information Systems Doctor’s Degree Schools	7
Most Focused Computer Information Systems Master’s Degree Schools	9
Best Computer Information Systems Schools	11
	11
	11
Best Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13
Most Popular Computer Information Systems Schools	18
	28
Most Focused Computer Information Systems Schools	44
Most Popular Computer Information Systems Graduate Certificate Schools	66
Most Focused Computer Information Systems Graduate Certificate Schools	66
Most Popular Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	149
Best Value Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	240

In 2021, 591 students received their master’s degree in CIS from Carnegie Mellon. This makes it the #3 most popular school for CIS master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 44 students who received their doctoral degrees in CIS, making the school the #3 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

CIS Student Demographics at Carnegie Mellon

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

Carnegie Mellon Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of CIS bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. The typical CIS bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Carnegie Mellon since its program graduates 46% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% more racial-ethnic minorities in its CIS bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	35
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	15
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Carnegie Mellon Computer Information Systems Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 591 students earned a master's degree in CIS from Carnegie Mellon. About 41% of these graduates were women and the other 59% were men.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	53
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	59
International Students	453
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Carnegie Mellon also has a doctoral program available in CIS. In 2021, 44 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Computer Information Systems

If you plan to be a CIS 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 Carnegie Mellon University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Information Technology	495
Artificial Intelligence	168
Other Computer & Information Sciences	38

Related Majors

• Computer Software & Applications
• Computer Systems Networking
• Information Technology
• Computer 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 PA, the home state for Carnegie Mellon University.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.