El Paso, TX (population: 631,862) has twenty-eight computer information systems schools within a 500-mile radius of its city center. Arizona State University, the highest ranked school in this group with a computer information systems program, has a total student population of 68,064. It is the 730th highest ranked school in the USA and one of the highest in the state .
Computer Information Systems students from El Paso 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 El Paso area alone, there are 1,090 employed computer support specialists earning an average salary of $38,530. Computer and information systems managers in this area earn $92,530/yr and there are 170 employed.
El Paso lies in El Paso county, which is one of the 154 counties in Texas. Overall, the El Paso area has 269,250 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 2.0% unemployment rate, $16.37/hr average worker wage, and a $34,050 average annual salary. Thus, about 0.649 out of every 1000 jobs in El Paso are held by computer and information systems managers, and 4.039/1000 are held by computer support specialists.
Of the 28 computer information systems schools with a 500-mile radius of El Paso, only 10 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, DeVry University-Arizona comes out as the most expensive ($27,941/yr) for computer information systems students, with Pima Community College as the lowest, reported at only $3,259/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from El Paso |
| Las Cruces | NM | 95,663 | 3 | 29.6043 | 193 | 38.7 miles |
| Alamogordo | NM | - | 2 | 15.3602 | 50 | 77.8 miles |