Computer Programming at American River College

Every computer programming school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the programming program at American River College stacks up to those at other schools.

American River is located in Sacramento, California and has a total student population of 25,422.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computer Programming section at the bottom of this page.

American River Computer Programming Degrees Available

Basic Certificate in Programming (Less Than 1 Year)
Associate’s Degree in Programming

American River Computer Programming Rankings

Programming Student Demographics at American River

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the programming majors at American River College.

American River Computer Programming Associate’s Program

19% Women

58% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 81% of programming associate's degrees went to men and 19% went to women.

American River does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in programming graduates 17% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from American River College with a associate's in programming.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Computer Programming

Computer Programming majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at American River College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Computer Programming	23

Careers That Programming Grads May Go Into

A degree in programming can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for American River College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Systems Software Developers	88,910	$131,700
Computer Programmers	29,740	$97,470
Web Developers	20,170	$86,160
Computer Network Support Specialists	17,080	$75,640

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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