Computer Information Systems at Lehigh University

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

Lehigh is located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 7,067. Of the 162 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Lehigh University in 2021, 59 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.

Lehigh Computer Information Systems Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CIS

Lehigh Computer Information Systems Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the CIS progam at Lehigh compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The CIS major at Lehigh 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
Best Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	25
Best Computer Information Systems Schools	32
	56
	104
Most Popular Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	161
Most Focused Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	197
Most Popular Computer Information Systems Schools	298
Best Value Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	318
Best Value Computer Information Systems Schools	452
Most Focused Computer Information Systems Schools	473

Earnings of Lehigh CIS Graduates

The median salary of CIS students who receive their bachelor's degree at Lehigh is $70,490. This is 32% higher than $53,242, which is the national average for all CIS bachelor's degree recipients.

CIS Student Demographics at Lehigh

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

Lehigh Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 59 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in CIS from Lehigh. About 44% were men and 56% were women. The typical CIS bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Lehigh since its program graduates 31% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	25
International Students	18
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Lehigh also has a doctoral program available in CIS. In 2021, 0 student 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 Lehigh University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Information Technology	59

Related Majors

• 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 Lehigh 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 IR393DEME under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.