2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on CIS Major in Arkansas

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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 Arkansas, there were 751 computer information systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,523 and $25,230 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 143 computer information systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,270 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on CIS Major in Arkansas” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree 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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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on CIS Major in Arkansas

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on CIS Major in Arkansas”.

Top 5 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer Information Systems in Arkansas

1

Southern Arkansas University Main Campus
Magnolia, Arkansas

#18 overall quality in Arkansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Arkansas University Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on CIS Major in Arkansas list. Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is a small school located in Magnolia, Arkansas that handed out 85 masters’s CIS degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Southern Arkansas University Main Campus Computer Information Systems Report

2

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Pine Bluff, Arkansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on CIS Major in Arkansas list. UAPB is located in Pine Bluff, Arkansas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 masters’s CIS degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Computer Information Systems at UAPB

3

University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Little Rock, Arkansas

#11 overall quality in Arkansas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on CIS Major in Arkansas. Little Rock, Arkansas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s CIS degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Computer Information Systems at UA Little Rock

4

Arkansas State University - Main Campus
Jonesboro, Arkansas

#4 overall quality in Arkansas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on CIS Major in Arkansas. Jonesboro, Arkansas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s CIS degrees to 28 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Computer Information Systems at Arkansas State University - Main Campus

5

Arkansas Tech University
Russellville, Arkansas

#12 overall quality in Arkansas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arkansas Tech University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on CIS Major in Arkansas. ATU is a public institution located in Russellville, Arkansas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Computer Information Systems at Arkansas Tech University

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer Information Systems in the Southeast Region
• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer Information Systems

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.