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Information Technology at Columbia Southern University

Information Technology at Columbia Southern University

If you plan to study information technology, take a look at what Columbia Southern University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Columbia Southern University is located in Orange Beach, Alabama and has a total student population of 18,533.

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

Columbia Southern University Information Technology Degrees Available

  • Basic Certificate in IT (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Associate’s Degree in IT
  • Bachelor’s Degree in IT

Online Classes Are Available at Columbia Southern University

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? Columbia Southern University offers distance education options for it at the following degree levels:

  • Associate’s Degree
  • Bachelor’s Degree

Columbia Southern University Information Technology Rankings

The it major at Columbia Southern University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Information Technology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

IT Student Demographics at Columbia Southern University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the it majors at Columbia Southern University.

Columbia Southern University Information Technology Associate’s Program

40% Women
60% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 60% of it associate's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in it only graduates about 28% women each year. The program at Columbia Southern University may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 12% more women than average.

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Columbia Southern University does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in it graduates 19% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia Southern University with a associate's in it.

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

Columbia Southern University Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

25% Women
42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 75% of it bachelor's degrees went to men and 25% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% more racial-ethnic minorities in its it bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia Southern University with a bachelor's in it.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 7
Black or African American 14
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 23
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 8

Careers That IT Grads May Go Into

A degree in it can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AL, the home state for Columbia Southern University.

Occupation Jobs in AL Average Salary in AL
Software Applications Developers 6,210 $96,400
Systems Software Developers 4,360 $105,890
Computer Systems Analysts 3,910 $84,950
Computer and Information Systems Managers 3,200 $126,300
Information Security Analysts 1,150 $92,500

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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