Information Technology at Central Michigan University

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

Central Michigan is located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan and approximately 17,311 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 38 IT majors received their bachelor's degree from Central Michigan.

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

Central Michigan Information Technology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IT
• Master’s Degree in IT

Central Michigan Information Technology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks IT programs across the country. The following shows how Central Michigan 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 IT major at Central Michigan is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Information Technology. 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
Best Value Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	12
Most Popular Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	15
Most Focused Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	26
Best Value Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	34
Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	41
	43
Most Popular Information Technology Schools	55
Most Popular Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	81
Best Value Information Technology Schools	82
	83
Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	102
Best Information Technology Schools	125
	145
Most Focused Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	192
Most Focused Information Technology Schools	193

In 2021, 106 students received their master’s degree in IT from Central Michigan. This makes it the #15 most popular school for IT master’s degree candidates in the country.

IT Student Demographics at Central Michigan

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the IT majors at Central Michigan University.

Central Michigan Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

The IT program at Central Michigan awarded 38 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 97% of these degrees went to men with the other 3% going to women.

About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in IT at Central Michigan are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	32
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Central Michigan Information Technology Master’s Program

Of the 106 students who earned a master's degree in Information Technology from Central Michigan in 2020-2021, 76% were men and 24% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	36
International Students	51
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Central Michigan also has a doctoral program available in IT. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That IT Grads May Go Into

A degree in IT 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 Central Michigan University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Software Applications Developers	29,540	$92,260
Computer Systems Analysts	15,420	$83,900
Systems Software Developers	10,320	$88,560
Computer and Information Systems Managers	9,480	$131,100
Computer Network Architects	3,300	$100,710

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 cjh1452000 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.