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MIS vs MS – Job Opportunities after Graduation

By HSB 

Previous blog post about MIS vs MS talked about fundamental differences between MIS and MS related to coursework and overview on job responsibilities. Today  you will see an interesting Job Placement data for MIS graduates

MIS Job Opportunities

This data is from MIS program at CMU

Salary Details

  • Mean – $80,300
  • Median – $84,000
  • High – $100,000
  • Low – $50,000

Industry Sectors Acceptances

  • 37% Consulting
  • 28% Technology
  • 27% Finance
  • 8%  Other

Job Titles

Some of the job titles

  • Associate Consultant
  • Business Analyst
  • IT Analyst
  • Program Manager
  • Quality Assurance Engineer
  • Senior Technology Consultant
  • Software Design Engineer
  • Software Developer
  • Software Engineer
  • Technology Analyst
  • Web Developer

You can see that students have various options ( both technical and non-technical). But, you would need to have work experience to become a manager. Close 100% students got job offer and this because of the name CMU.

In next article you can learn about Job opportunities for MS.

Related posts:

  1. MIS vs MS in CS
  2. Microsoft’s Salary for H1B Visa Workers
  3. MS in IS vs MIS
  4. 10 Jobs That Start at $50K+
  5. Good Read – Job Interview at Google

Comments

5 Responses to “MIS vs MS – Job Opportunities after Graduation”
  1. Rohit says:

    Hi,
    I am Rohit .I gave GRE and scored 1040 and planning to give TOEFL. I will be applying for fall 2010.Can you give me the list of good universities who will be offering MS in MIS.I have 3 years of experience in IT domain.

  2. chitt says:

    hello sir, plz can u tell me wht is the last date for applying to a & b grade us universities so that one may get gud university along with sufficent aid.im planning to go in 2010 fall.and wht shud be the required score for ms in cs
    thanks n regards

  3. himanshu kalra says:

    HI, I m Himannshu,done my Bsc comp. from Punjab Uni then PGDCA This year to complete my 16 yrs study to do Masters from USA.and i have a experience of more than 1 yr in Computer faculty and HEALTH industry .SO

  4. banty says:

    Hi,
    i am banty .I have passed my engg from NIT,aggregate percent is 60,cgpa is 2.8/4.o and my gre score is 1500.
    class 10th percent is 76.
    class 12th percent is 71.
    but the problem is i have 8 backlogs
    please suggest me whether i have chances of getting american universities with scholarship or not

  5. vatsalya says:

    Hi
    I’m vatsalya. pursuing my final btech electrical. I scored 1020 in gre and waiting for toefl score. My btech aggregate till 3-2 semester is 74%. I like have further studies in usa and so i want to know about MIS. Can you please give me details about the universities offering MIS and also those considering GRE and TOEFL instead of GMAT

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