Careers in BIS
Information Systems (IS)
Current data from CMU's Career Services shows that nearly 100 percent of the college's information systems (IS) graduates receive employment offers before or immediately following graduation. Many receive multiple job offers. Their starting salaries are among the highest of all College of Business Administration graduates, with an annual beginning salary of approximately $43,000. Some earn starting annual salary offers of more than $50,000, and many report receiving signing bonuses.
As a graduate of CMU's information systems program, you may find employment in a variety of areas including:
Applications programmer
Communications network designer
Database analyst
Data entry and retrieval systems manager
Hardware marketer
Information center consultant
Network administrator
Software marketer
Systems consultant
Teleprocessing network designer
Webmaster
BTE
The National Education Association (NEA) estimates that as many as 2.7 million teachers will be needed in the United States during the next decade. The National Business Education Association (NBEA) reports that many of these positions will be created following the departure of a large population of business education teachers poised to retire over the next ten years. This data indicates that an abundance of career opportunities exist for graduates of CMU's business teacher education program. Current data from CMU's Career Services shows that nearly 100 percent of business teacher education graduates routinely receive employment offers before or immediately following graduation, many receive multiple offers.
As a CMU business teacher education graduate, you will be prepared for Michigan certification to teach business/office education or marketing education at the secondary level. If you earn a vocational education endorsement on your teaching certificate (majors only), you will greatly enhance your career opportunities.
Additional career opportunities exist for business teachers; some may require further education:
Adult education instructor
Community college instructor
Educational consultant
Educational program director in business or industry
Educational materials developer
Guidance counselor
Principal
Private business school instructor
Superintendent
University instructor
