Computer Information Systems at University of South Carolina - Upstate

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

USC Upstate is located in Spartanburg, South Carolina and approximately 6,038 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 51 CIS majors received their bachelor's degree from USC Upstate.

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.

USC Upstate Computer Information Systems Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CIS

USC Upstate Computer Information Systems Rankings

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

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 CIS major at USC Upstate 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
Most Focused Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	93
Most Popular Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	179
Most Focused Computer Information Systems Schools	274
Best Value Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	317
Most Popular Computer Information Systems Schools	325
Best Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	329
	385
Best Computer Information Systems Schools	438
Best Value Computer Information Systems Schools	451
	517

Earnings of USC Upstate CIS Graduates

The median salary of CIS students who receive their bachelor's degree at USC Upstate is $42,033. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $53,242 for all CIS students.

CIS Student Demographics at USC Upstate

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

USC Upstate Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Program

Of the 51 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in CIS from USC Upstate in 2021, 69% were men and 31% were women. The typical CIS bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at USC Upstate since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities in its CIS bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	24
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

USC Upstate 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 University of South Carolina - Upstate. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of South Carolina - Upstate. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Information Technology	31
General Computer & Information Sciences	20

Related Majors

• Information 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 SC, the home state for University of South Carolina - Upstate.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Computer Systems Analysts	7,140	$80,200
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	5,780	$75,630
Software Applications Developers	4,580	$90,830
Computer and Information Systems Managers	3,070	$120,720
Systems Software Developers	2,280	$80,250

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 Dfscgt21 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.