Pennsylvania contains 22 schools that offer computer information systems programs. Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, the highest-ranking computer information systems school in PA, has a total student population of 8,253 and is the 319th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 22 computer information systems schools in Pennsylvania, only 4 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, CHI Institute-Broomall comes out as the most expensive ($27,112/yr), with Lehigh Carbon Community College as the lowest recorded at only $4,375/yr.
Computer Information Systems students from Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania alone, there are 21,460 employed computer support specialists earning an average yearly salary of $43,250. Computer and information systems managers in this state earn $122,200/yr and there are 9,120 employed.
Also, within the computer information systems schools in Pennsylvania, the average student population is 2,077 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 15 to 1. Aside from computer information systems, there are 10679 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,747 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $9,718, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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