Management Information Systems at West Virginia University

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

WVU is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and approximately 26,269 students attend the school each year. Of the 710 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from West Virginia University in 2021, 62 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.

WVU Management Information Systems Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in MIS

WVU Management Information Systems Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the MIS progam at WVU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The MIS major at WVU 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
	42
	55
	66
	86
	137
	147

Earnings of WVU MIS Graduates

The median salary of MIS students who receive their bachelor's degree at WVU is $56,463. This is 6% higher than $53,048, which is the national average for all MIS bachelor's degree recipients.

MIS Student Demographics at WVU

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

WVU Management Information Systems Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 79% of MIS bachelor's degrees went to men and 21% went to women.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in MIS at WVU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	49
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WVU 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

The following MIS concentations are available at West Virginia University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from West Virginia University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Management Information Systems	62

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Hospitality Management
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Human Resource Management
• Business/Managerial Economics

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 WV, the home state for West Virginia University.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Computer and Information Systems Managers	810	$119,430
Computer Programmers	460	$83,160

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 Swimmerguy269 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.