Computer Science at College of the Canyons

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

College of the Canyons is located in Santa Clarita, California and approximately 20,573 students attend the school each year.

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

College of the Canyons Computer Science Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in CompSci

College of the Canyons Computer Science Rankings

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CompSci Student Demographics at College of the Canyons

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the compsci majors at College of the Canyons.

College of the Canyons Computer Science Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 69% of compsci associate's degrees went to men and 31% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in compsci only graduates about 23% women each year. The program at College of the Canyons may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 8% more women than average.

College of the Canyons does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in compsci graduates 36% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	18
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Related Majors

• Computer Software & Applications
• Computer Systems Networking

Careers That CompSci Grads May Go Into

A degree in compsci 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 College of the Canyons.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Systems Software Developers	88,910	$131,700
Computer Workers	74,690	$103,270
Computer and Information Systems Managers	63,640	$180,250
Computer Programmers	29,740	$97,470

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.