The AIS – Temple Fox School Information Systems Job Index is a joint five year project to produce reliable national level data on information systems careers, including placement, type of jobs, satisfaction, and related factors such as career services, knowledge level, preparedness, and search strategies. The project will produce an annual IS job index report and is intended to become the first systematic assessment of the IS job market. For more, see http://isjobindex.com

1. INFORMATION SYSTEMS
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2. Based on 1600+ recent graduates from 57 universities across the U.S.
The information systems job
market is very healthy!

3. Double the percentage of females as compared to Computer Science
Information systems is open!

4. Information Systems (IS) professionals apply and develop Information
Technology (IT) in organizations, and comprise a significant portion of
the IT labor market. There are an estimated 3 million IS jobs in the U.S.
WHO ARE THESE PROFESSIONALS AND WHAT DO THEY DO?
• System and Business Analysts
• Application and Software Developers
• Data Analysts
• Chief Information Officers (CIO) and Chief Technology Officers (CTO)
They focus on technology and a domain of application and are experts in strategizing, developing,
applying, modifying, and sustaining technology to leverage new IT enabled opportunities. IS professionals
work with other business professionals and rely on computer scientists and engineers to create platforms
and focus on understanding requirements and integrating technologies to design solutions that solve
operational problems and increasingly, lead strategy and digital innovation.

5. About 1,300 educational programs produce IS professionals
in the U.S. in Business Schools, as well as in a few standalone
Information Schools or integrated with Computer Science.
IS programs are classified as STEM and typically called:
• Management Information Systems (MIS)
• Information Systems (IS)
• Computer Information Systems (CIS)
The recruitment, mindset, education, demographics, career paths, skills, and jobs of
IS professionals are different and yet remain poorly understood.
Despite its large and growing size, the IS labor market is largely ‘hidden’ because it
is mixed with computer scientists and computer engineers.

6. Information systems is hot!

7. THE THREE BEST PAYING JOBS IN IS
IS placement is very good!

8. Top 5 Tips for Parents and Prospects
Highest
paying major
in business
schools
Information
systems by
about 17%
Bachelors salary
$57,817
Masters salary
$67,632
Fastest
placement
rate
80% IS
40% national
average
Aligned with
industry
Rate highest on
skills that
match what
employers want
Leadership and
communication
Most
important
program
attributes for
placement
Student
organization
Resume book
Career
counseling
Job
Satisfaction
85% agree that
jobs have good
work-life
balance
86% satisfied
with offer

9. Top 5 Tips for IS Students
More offers
leads to
better
salary
Each additional
offer is about
$2,000 in
additional
salary for
Bachelors
Masters
students with 4
offers receive
about $20,000
more than ones
with just one
offer
A second
major or
minor
No impact on
salary
$58,722 with
$58,311
without
Best and
worst
paying jobs
BEST
Consulting
Project
management
Systems analyst
WORST
Information
security analyst
Software
development
(Bachelors)
Best and
worst
paying
industries
BEST
Business
services
IT
Health/pharma
(also the best
bonuses)
WORST
Manufacturing
Insurance
Consumer
products &
retail
Who gets
offers?
Students who
spend about
double the
amount of time
on job fairs and
on updating
their
credentials

10. Top 5 Tips for Employers
Job
confidence
73% of recent
graduates
confident about
the market
Highly
knowledgeable
graduates
command a
$10,000 premium
Are
graduates
prepared?
Better prepared
in key areas
such as
requirements
analysis and
communication
Cybersecurity is
the weakest
Salaries
are stable
Bachelors
$57,817
vs.
$57,212
(2013)
Masters
$67,632
vs.
$65,394
(2013)
Large firm
premium
Pay about
$13,000 more
in salary than
very small firms
Diversity
IS graduates more
diverse than
Computer Science
with double the
percentage of
females
Four times the
percentage of
Asians
Yet, female
Masters
students make
quite a bit less

11. Top 5 Tips for Faculty and Deans
Curriculum
change
Address
weakness in
cyber-security
Importance
of
professional
development
A professional
development
department can
increase
starting salaries
by about
$10,000
Invest in
Student
organizations
Resume books
Career
counseling
Celebrate
STEM major
More diverse
than US
college
graduates
More diverse
than
computer
science
Expand
Bachelor and
Masters
programs in
IS
Top 10
degrees in
demand by
employers
(NACE, 2016)