Computer & IS Security at Ferrum College

If you are interested in studying computer and IS security, you may want to check out the program at Ferrum College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Ferrum College is located in Ferrum, Virginia and has a total student population of 972. In 2021, 6 computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance majors received their bachelor's degree from Ferrum College.

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.

Ferrum College Computer & IS Security Degrees Available

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

Ferrum College Computer & IS Security Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance programs across the country. The following shows how Ferrum College 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 computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance major at Ferrum College is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer & IS Security. 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 & IS Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools	15
Most Focused Computer & IS Security Schools	64
Most Popular Computer & IS Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools	106
Most Popular Computer & IS Security Schools	409

Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Student Demographics at Ferrum College

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

Ferrum College Computer & IS Security Bachelor’s Program

Of the 6 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Computer & IS Security from Ferrum College in 2020-2021, 67% were men and 33% were women. The typical computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% women. So female students are more repesented at Ferrum College since its program graduates 13% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 44% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Ferrum College also has a doctoral program available in computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 VA, the home state for Ferrum College.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	18,520	$93,860
Information Security Analysts	14,180	$111,780
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,450	$173,290
Computer Network Architects	9,700	$123,050
Computer Network Support Specialists	6,970	$73,050

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 MarmadukePercy under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.