Computer Information Systems at Whitman College

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

Whitman is located in Walla Walla, Washington and has a total student population of 1,360. Of the 18 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Whitman College in 2021, 18 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.

Whitman Computer Information Systems Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CIS

Whitman Computer Information Systems Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks CIS programs across the country. The following shows how Whitman performed in these rankings.

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 Whitman 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	57
Most Focused Computer Information Systems Schools	180
Most Popular Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	382
Most Popular Computer Information Systems Schools	674

CIS Student Demographics at Whitman

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

Whitman Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Program

Of the 18 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Computer Information Systems from Whitman in 2020-2021, 61% were men and 39% were women. The typical CIS bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Whitman since its program graduates 14% more women than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in CIS at Whitman are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	10
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Computer & Information Sciences	18

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 WA, the home state for Whitman College.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Software Applications Developers	53,860	$131,790
Computer Systems Analysts	17,970	$96,860
Systems Software Developers	16,130	$121,250
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,690	$159,290
Computer Workers	13,100	$91,620

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 Adamsofen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.