Omaha, NE (population: 449,283) has one computer information systems school within a 100-mile radius of its city center. Northwest Missouri State University has a total student population of 7,076. It is the 1883rd highest ranked school in the USA and the 56th highest in the state of Missouri (#1 is Webster University). To learn more about computer information systems programs in Omaha, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of computer information systems professors at Northwest Missouri State University such as Joni Adkins, and Kerry Thompson.
Computer Information Systems students from Omaha schools who go on to become computer information systems specialists, computer support specialists, network engineers, database engineers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 287,210 people working as computer and information systems managers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $120,640. Also, Computer support specialists make on average $47,360 per year and there are about 540,560 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Omaha-Council Bluffs-IA area alone, there are 1,780 employed computer support specialists earning an average salary of $41,210. Computer and information systems managers in this area earn $105,720/yr and there are 880 employed.
Omaha lies in Douglas county, which is one of the 40 counties in Nebraska. Overall, the Omaha-Council Bluffs-IA area has 452,130 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.8% unemployment rate, $19.23/hr average worker wage, and a $40,000 average annual salary. Thus, about 1.949 out of every 1000 jobs in Omaha are held by computer and information systems managers, and 3.936/1000 are held by computer support specialists.
After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Northwest Missouri State University ends up costing a student $9,471/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Omaha |
| Papillion | NE | - | 1 | 19.7538 | 14 | 7.5 miles |
| Council Bluffs | IA | 59,918 | 3 | 15.2545 | 57 | 7.9 miles |
| Lincoln | NE | 257,612 | 13 | 28.3679 | 496 | 46.7 miles |
| Peru | NE | - | 1 | 16.7679 | 31 | 56.2 miles |
| Crete | NE | - | 1 | 28.8976 | 48 | 66.3 miles |
| Sioux City | IA | 83,250 | 6 | 24.3659 | 219 | 88.0 miles |