"Using Technology to Solve Business Problems and to Create Competitive Advantages."
The Management Information Systems (formerly Computer Information Systems) Program at Fort Hays State University has a proud history of producing successful graduates. The program offers a Bachelors of Business Administration (MIS BBA), a concentration in the Bachelors of General Studies, and graduate level concentrations in the Masters of Business Administration and the Masters of Liberal Studies.
Management Information Systems is a business discipline involving software development and computer systems integration in support of business functions an processes. A student will learn about computer hardware, software, networks, and security as well as developing a base of business skills. These are a few reasons that students like you have elected to study Management Information Systems at Fort Hays State University:
- Management Information Systems graduates are in significant demand. Recent graduation placement rates have been at or near 100%.
- Management Information Systems salaries are very competitive. Top graduates may earn $50,000-$70,000 a year or more.
- The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that by 2012, there will be a need for 788,00 computer systems analysts and 881,000 chief information officers/vice presidents of information systems.
- FHSU MIS students are taught by full-time faculty.
- FHSU MIS classes emphasize “hand’s on” learning, small class sizes, and access to faculty.
- FHSU MIS facilities and equipment are second to none.
- FHSU MIS alumni have an outstanding track record and are noted for their work ethic and openness to learn.
- MIS graduates are business professionals with IT skills.
- FHSU has industry relationships creating unique internship and career opportunities.
What Alumni Have to Say. . .
"The Fort Hays State University Management Information Systems Program Provided me the skills to excel in my career. The hands-on (or real world) experiences FHSU provided were invaluable for rapid advancement in the IT industry."
-Eric Helm, MIS Alum, 2001
"Without the in-depth base knowledge acquired in pursuing an INT degree, I would not have been confident in the quality of the work I am now capable of producing. The education at FHSU was one of the best investments I have made in myself."
-Brad Odettee, Project Manager, PMP, Cerner, Kansas City, MO
MIS Graduate 1985
"The most successful candidates we ever hired out of our college recruiting program at PepsiCo came from small, and/or rural colleges like Fort Hays State."
-Jerry Gregoire, retired Chief Information Officer at Dell Computer and PepsiCo.
"The Management Information Systems program offered me the ability to build both a strong business and a strong technical foundation. The MIS program gave me a healthy appetite for knowledge - one of the key aspects when entering the business world - and has enabled me to add to my company through my knowledge and imagination."
-Vanessa Fleetwood, IT Business Analyist for Cargill Animal Protien, a division of Cargill, Inc.

