Management Information Systems at University of Alabama at Birmingham

If you are interested in studying management information systems, you may want to check out the program at University of Alabama at Birmingham. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UAB is located in Birmingham, Alabama and approximately 22,563 students attend the school each year. Of the 586 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2021, 65 of them were management information systems majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Management Information Systems section at the bottom of this page.

UAB Management Information Systems Degrees Available

• Undergrad Certificate in MIS (1 - 4 Years)
• Bachelor’s Degree in MIS
• Master’s Degree in MIS

Online Classes Are Available at UAB

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UAB offers distance education options for MIS at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UAB Management Information Systems Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks MIS programs across the country. The following shows how UAB performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The MIS major at UAB is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Management Information Systems. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	1
	2
	2
	4
	10
	21
	21
	25
	27
	29
	29
	36
	39
	49
	83
	97
	123
	126
	151

In 2021, 42 students received their master’s degree in MIS from UAB. This makes it the #10 most popular school for MIS master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UAB MIS Graduates

The median salary of MIS students who receive their bachelor's degree at UAB is $52,299. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $53,048 for all MIS students.

MIS Student Demographics at UAB

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the MIS majors at University of Alabama at Birmingham.

UAB Management Information Systems Bachelor’s Program

The MIS program at UAB awarded 65 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 72% of these degrees went to men with the other 28% going to women.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in MIS at UAB are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities in its MIS bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Alabama at Birmingham with a bachelor's in MIS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	36
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

UAB Management Information Systems Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 42 students earned a master's degree in MIS from UAB. About 45% of these graduates were women and the other 55% were men.

Of the students who received a MIS master's degree from UAB, 55% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the MIS master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Alabama at Birmingham with a master's in MIS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	23
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UAB also has a doctoral program available in MIS. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Management Information Systems

If you plan to be a MIS major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Alabama at Birmingham. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Management Information Systems	107

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Human Resource Management
• Finance & Financial Management
• Marketing

Careers That MIS Grads May Go Into

A degree in MIS can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AL, the home state for University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Computer Programmers	7,750	$87,340
Computer and Information Systems Managers	3,200	$126,300

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Lee Adlaf under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.