Computer & IS Security at American River College

If you plan to study computer & is security, take a look at what American River College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

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 & IS Security section at the bottom of this page.

American River Computer & IS Security Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance (Less Than 1 Year)
• Undergrad Certificate in Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance (1 - 4 Years)
• Associate’s Degree in Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance

American River Computer & IS Security Rankings

Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Student Demographics at American River

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance majors at American River College.

American River Computer & IS Security Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 69% of computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance associate's degrees went to men and 31% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance only graduates about 22% women each year. The program at American River may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 9% more women than average.

American River does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance graduates 21% 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 computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Computer Support Specialist

Careers That Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance 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
Computer and Information Systems Managers	63,640	$180,250
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	36,900	$97,810
Computer Network Support Specialists	17,080	$75,640
Computer Network Architects	16,650	$127,500
Database Administrators	10,970	$100,890

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.