General Computer Programming at Central Texas College

If you plan to study general computer programming, take a look at what Central Texas College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Central Texas College is located in Killeen, Texas and approximately 10,173 students attend the school each year.

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

Central Texas College General Computer Programming Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Computer Programming

Online Classes Are Available at Central Texas College

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Central Texas College offers distance education options for computer programming at the following degree levels:

Associate’s Degree

Central Texas College General Computer Programming Rankings

Computer Programming Student Demographics at Central Texas College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer programming majors at Central Texas College.

Central Texas College General Computer Programming Associate’s Program

29% Women

57% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of computer programming associate's degrees went to men and 29% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in computer programming only graduates about 23% women each year. The program at Central Texas College may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 6% more women than average.

Central Texas College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in computer programming graduates 14% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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

Careers That Computer Programming Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer 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 TX, the home state for Central Texas College.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Software Applications Developers	71,260	$108,760
Systems Software Developers	28,720	$110,740
Computer Programmers	20,960	$91,970
Computer Network Support Specialists	14,230	$73,440
Web Developers	7,830	$74,250

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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