Skip to Main Site Navigation Skip to Content Skip to Footer
Back To Top

Great Academic Combos

Eastern’s Business Information Systems (BIS) and Business Analytics-Intelligence Program offers high paying and highly sought after integrated technical and business skillsets that complement and enhance a variety of other academic programs and career areas.

Employers today want to hire talent that is “Pi Shaped”.   Talent posing both a broad liberal arts education along with two solid related applied academic depth areas.  The academic depth areas can take the form of related dual academic majors or a variety of complementary major-minor combos. 

Check out the great BIS academic combos in the accordions below that show the related job titles, salaries, job growth rates, 4-Year Plans of Study, and alumni video testimonials on how BIS and the combos helped them launch their careers!

  • Eastern in 4 Plan: Accounting

    Accounting - BIS/Business Analytics Intersection Jobs

    • Auditing Accountant: $72,000 Avg Starting Salary
    • Forensic Accountant: $80,000 Avg Annual Salary

    6% job growth amongst accounting related careers

  • Eastern in 4 Plan: Business Information Systems & BUS Administration (Management Concentration) Dual Major

    Business Administration-Management – BIS/Business Analytics Intersection Jobs - Average Annual Salaries


    • Business Analytics:
      • Technical Sales Manager: $105,000
        • Expected Job Growth 5%
      • Business Consultant: $90,000 – $100,000
        • Expected Job Growth 14%
    • Business Information Systems:
      • Scrum Master: $77,000 - $99,000
        • 360 New Job Openings CT
      • Project Coordinator/Manager: $72,000
        • Job Growth 6.7%

  • Eastern in 4 Plan:  Business Information Systems & BUS Administration (Marketing Concentration) Dual Major

    Business Administration-Marketing – BIS/Business Analytics Intersection Jobs - Average Annual Salaries:

    • Business Information Systems:
      • Website Developer: $91,000
      • SalesForce Site Manager – $74,500
    • Business Analytics:
      • Market Research Analyst: $55,000 Starting Salary, $81,000
      • Expected Job Growth:  7.5%

  • BIS Major with Business Analytics Intersection Jobs and their Average Annual Salaries:

    • Business Information Systems:
      • Data Engineer: $80,000 - $132,000
        • Expected Job Growth: 21%
    • Business Analytics:
      • Business Data Scientist: $112,000
      • Business Data Delivery: $89,000 - $95,000
    • BIS Major & Analyst:
      • Data Architect: $125,000
        • Expected Job Growth: 11%
      • Business Architecture: $125
        • Expected Job Growth: 14%

  • Eastern in 4 Plan:  Computer Science-Business Information Systems Dual Majors

    Average Annual Salaries:

    • Computer Science Job Market:
      • Business Programmer: Python Specialist: $87,000 -$112,000
      • Expected Job Growth: 11%
    • Business Software Developer: $85,000
      • Expected Job Growth 8.5%
    • Business Cloud Developer: $130,000 (nationwide)

  • Eastern in 4 Plan: Criminology-Business Information Systems Dual Majors

    Criminology - Business Information Systems Intersection Jobs and their Average Annual Salaries:

    • Business Information Systems:
      • NSA - Database Administrator: $100,000 - $105,000
      • NSA - Information Systems Security Specialist: $85,300
      • NSA - Cyber Security Professional: $125,000
    • Data Analytics:
      • Forensic Data Analyst: $5,000 Avg Entry Level Salary
        • Expected Job Growth: 4.5%
      • FBI - Data Analyst: $75,000 - $95,000
      • FBI - Digital Forensic Examiner: $63,000
      • FBI - Records Examiner Analyst: $50,000 - $60,000
      • NSA - Operations Researcher: $74,000 - $123,000
      • NSA - Vulnerability Analyst: $97,000

  • Eastern in 4 Plan: Business Information Systems - Data Science Dual Major

    Data Science & BIS/Business Analytics Intersection Jobs and their Average Annual Salaries:

    • Business Information Systems:
      • Data Engineer: $80,000 - $132,000
        • Expected Job Growth: 21%
    • Business Analytics:
      • Business Data Scientist: $112,000
      • Business Data Delivery: $89,000 - $95,000
    • BIS Major & Analyst:
      • Data Architect: $125,000
        • Expected Job Growth: 11%

  • Economics - BIS/Business Analytics Intersection Jobs and their Average Annual Salaries:

    • Data Analytics:
      • Economic Data Analyst III:  $137,000
        • Expected Job Growth:  5.5%
      • Market Research Analyst:  $55,000 starting; $81,000 average annual
        • Expected Job Growth:  7.5%

  • Eastern in 4 Plan: Finance Major (Investment Concentration) & Dual Minors - BIS & Business Analytics

    Finance Major - BIS/Business Analytics Intersection Jobs and their Average Annual Salaries:

    • Business Information Systems:
      • Financial Advisor:  $95,000 - $105,000
        • Expected Job Growth:  7%
      • Finance Tech Specialist:  $150,000 - $190,000
        • Expected Job Growth:  7.5%
    • Data Analytics:
      • Financial Analyst:  $57,000 - $83,000 average starting
        • 1,827 new job openings in Connecticut

  • Eastern in 4 Plan: Health Science Major (Allied Health Concentration)

    Health Sciences & BIS/Business Analytics Intersection Jobs and their Average Annual Salaries:

    • Business Information Systems:
      • Biostatistician:  70,000 - $93,000
        • Job Growth:  6%
    • Business Analytics:
      • Healthcare Informatics Manager:  $98,000
        • Job Growth:  8.5%
      • Healthcare Data Analyst:  $72,000
        • Job Growth:  4.9%

  • Eastern in 4 Plan: Environmental Earth Science Major (EES concentration)

    Environmental Earth Science & BIS/Business Analytics Intersection Jobs and their Average Annual Salaries (in Connecticut):

    • Business Information Systems:
      • GIS Specialist:  $68,000 - $75,000
    • Business Analytics:
      • Energy Analyst:  $77,000
      • Sustainability Analyst:  $128,000