Computer Information Systems at Swarthmore College

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

Swarthmore is located in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania and approximately 1,437 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 59 CIS majors received their bachelor's degree from Swarthmore.

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.

Swarthmore Computer Information Systems Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CIS

Swarthmore Computer Information Systems Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the CIS progam at Swarthmore 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 Swarthmore 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	5
Best Computer Information Systems Schools	7
	9
Most Focused Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	10
	15
Most Focused Computer Information Systems Schools	47
Most Popular Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	161
Best Value Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	187
Best Value Computer Information Systems Schools	296
Most Popular Computer Information Systems Schools	298

Earnings of Swarthmore CIS Graduates

The median salary of CIS students who receive their bachelor's degree at Swarthmore is $97,897. This is 84% higher than $53,242, which is the national average for all CIS bachelor's degree recipients.

CIS Student Demographics at Swarthmore

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

Swarthmore Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Program

Of the 59 CIS students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Swarthmore, about 63% were men and 37% were women. The typical CIS bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Swarthmore since its program graduates 12% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	20
International Students	15
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Swarthmore 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

The following CIS concentations are available at Swarthmore College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Swarthmore College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Computer & Information Sciences	59

Related Majors

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 Swarthmore College.

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 Nelson Pavlosky under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.