Computer Information Systems at Vassar College

Every computer information systems school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the CIS program at Vassar College stacks up to those at other schools.

Vassar is located in Poughkeepsie, New York and has a total student population of 2,435. In 2021, 25 CIS majors received their bachelor's degree from Vassar.

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.

Vassar Computer Information Systems Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CIS

Vassar Computer Information Systems Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the CIS progam at Vassar 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 Vassar 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	48
Best Computer Information Systems Schools	63
	92
Most Focused Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	114
	163
Most Popular Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	310
Most Focused Computer Information Systems Schools	323
Best Value Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	372
Best Value Computer Information Systems Schools	508
Most Popular Computer Information Systems Schools	545

Earnings of Vassar CIS Graduates

The median salary of CIS students who receive their bachelor's degree at Vassar is $64,930. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 22% higher than the national average of $53,242 for all CIS bachelor's degree recipients.

CIS Student Demographics at Vassar

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

Vassar Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Program

Of the 25 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in CIS from Vassar in 2021, 56% were men and 44% were women. The typical CIS bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Vassar since its program graduates 19% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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 Vassar College with a bachelor's in CIS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Vassar 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 Vassar College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Computer & Information Sciences	25

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 NY, the home state for Vassar College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Software Applications Developers	52,640	$116,830
Computer Systems Analysts	44,030	$106,320
Computer and Information Systems Managers	27,070	$190,310
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	25,940	$94,940
Systems Software Developers	19,690	$115,120

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 Noteremote under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.