Computer & IS Security at Mount St Mary’s University

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

The Mount is located in Emmitsburg, Maryland and has a total student population of 2,560. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 students received a bachelor's degree in computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance from The Mount.

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.

The Mount Computer & IS Security Degrees Available

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

The Mount 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 The Mount performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance major at The Mount 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	20
Most Popular Computer & IS Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools	54
Best Computer & IS Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools	63
Most Popular Computer & IS Security Graduate Certificate Schools	76
Most Focused Computer & IS Security Graduate Certificate Schools	76
Most Focused Computer & IS Security Schools	78
	83
Best Value Computer & IS Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools	101
Best Computer & IS Security Schools	170
Most Popular Computer & IS Security Schools	191
	258
Best Value Computer & IS Security Schools	311

Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Student Demographics at The Mount

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance majors at Mount St Mary’s University.

The Mount Computer & IS Security Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance majors earned their bachelor's degree from The Mount. Of these graduates, 73% were men and 27% 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 The Mount since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 Mount St Mary's University with a bachelor's in computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

The Mount 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 MD, the home state for Mount St Mary's University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	16,220	$108,190
Computer and Information Systems Managers	10,590	$154,870
Computer Network Support Specialists	8,130	$73,360
Computer Network Architects	5,340	$121,720
Information Security Analysts	4,990	$107,960

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.