Opportunities
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov) projects tremendous growth and high salaries
for those seeking careers in computer-related industries. Our graduates are successfully
placed in a variety of managerial and technical positions in Information Systems,
IT management, E-business, Systems Analysis, Project Management at small, medium and
large businesses and/or non-profit organizations
Sample of employers
Our students work for employers that span the entire spectrum from local small businesses
to Fortune 100 companies. Some examples are (in no particular order):
Deloitte and Touche JC Penney Caterpillar International Paper Inc State Farm Insurance
Tennessee Valley Authority LexisNexis Ligon International Intergraph ISP Chemicals
Teledyne Browne Engineering CISCO Microsoft Vistela.com Ernst and Young Shoe Carnival
Westvaco Anheuser-Busch United Systems and Software Ingram Book Company Lucent Technologies
Apex.net (founders) Lexmark Computer Services Inc. ... and many others. The strong
foundation provided by our curriculum enables students to work in roles that span
the entire Information Technology Spectrum - Software development, Network Administration,
Database administration, data security, network testing, quality control, software
and network installation, training, project management etc. Career choices are not
restricted to the mainframe or Intel platform. We have alumni working in Unix/Linux
environments as well as huge mainframes.
Salaries
Salaries are beginning to race up again. Our graduating classes are rather small because students fearing the off-shoring industry switched to other majors. Those who stayed are now able to pick and choose from the numerous offers they are getting. Our CIS and CSC grads are receiving generous offers as early as a semester before graduation! They are reaping the benefits of sticking with and graduating with a CIS/CSC degree. The following table summarizes typical job titles and median salaries for our graduates nationwide
Sys. Analysis & Prog. $79,680
Software developers $93,350
Database Administrators $77,080
Information Security Analyst $86,170
[Source: Occupational Outlook Handbook - 2012 data]