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University of Iowa PhD in Computer Information Systems

Computer Information Systems is a major offered under the computer and information sciences program of study at University of Iowa. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the doctor’s degree program in CIS, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.

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• Graduate Cost
• Online Learning
• Student Diversity
• Focus Areas
• References

How Much Does a Doctorate in CIS from Iowa Cost?

Iowa Graduate Tuition and Fees

Out-of-state part-time graduates at Iowa paid an average of $1,700 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $648 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$10,079	$26,026
Fees	$1,587	$1,587

Does Iowa Offer an Online PhD in CIS?

Online degrees for the Iowa CIS doctor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Iowa Online Learning page.

Iowa Doctorate Student Diversity for CIS

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 9 doctor’s degrees in CIS handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 22.2% of the CIS students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 22.9%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

None of the CIS doctor’s degree recipients at Iowa in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	3
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

PhD in CIS Focus Areas at Iowa

Computer Information Systems students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
General Computer & Information Sciences	7
Informatics	2

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.

• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.