The main focus area for this major is Information Technology. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Computer Information Systems is a major offered under the computer and information sciences program of study at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the associate degree program in CIS, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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AS in Information Technologies
Gain the specialized knowledge and critical-thinking skills required to begin a career in tech with this online associate degree from Southern New Hampshire University.
Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at A-B Tech paid an average of $268 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $76 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $2,432 | $8,576 |
Fees | $200 | $200 |
Books and Supplies | $2,000 | $2,000 |
Learn more about A-B Tech tuition and fees.
The median early career salary of CIS students who receive their associate degree from A-B Tech is $26,353 per year. That is 14% lower than the national average of $30,493.
Online degrees for the A-B Tech CIS associate degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the A-B Tech Online Learning page.
About 20.0% of the students who received their AS in CIS in 2019-2020 were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 20.9%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 10.0% of the CIS associate degrees at A-B Tech in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 43%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 18 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Computer Information Systems students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Information Technology | 20 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to computer information systems.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Computer Software & Applications | 4 |
Computer Systems Networking | 1 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.