by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CIS Major in Utah” ranking is part of that endeavor.
With 88,434 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, computer information systems is the 9th most popular major in the United States. In 2019-2020, computer information systems graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $54,066 and had an average of $26,787 in loans still to pay off.
Across Utah, there were 2,511 computer information systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,186 and $19,272 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 912 computer information systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,652 and $24,483 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CIS Major in Utah” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in computer information systems. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their computer information systems program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CIS Major in Utah”.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CIS Major in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Logan, Utah, this large public school awarded 122 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s CIS students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Governors University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CIS Major in Utah list. Salt Lake City, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s CIS degrees to 681 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dixie State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CIS Major in Utah. This fairly large school is located in Saint George, Utah, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s CIS degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Computer Information Systems at Dixie State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CIS Major in Utah list. Located in Provo, Utah, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 55 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s CIS students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Computer Information Systems at Brigham Young University - Provo
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Utah University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CIS Major in Utah. Southern Utah University is a fairly large school located in Cedar City, Utah that handed out 15 bachelors’s CIS degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Southern Utah University Computer Information Systems Report
Weber State University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CIS Major in Utah ranking. Located in Ogden, Utah, this large public school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s CIS students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Computer Information Systems at Weber State University
Utah Valley University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CIS Major in Utah ranking. Utah Valley University is located in Orem, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 128 bachelors’s CIS degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Computer Information Systems at Utah Valley University
Westminster College Utah ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CIS Major in Utah list. Westminster College Utah is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Salt Lake City, Utah. It awarded 0 bachelors’s CIS degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read more about Computer Information Systems at Westminster College Utah
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