Computer & Information Sciences at LaGuardia Community College

What traits are you looking for in a computer and information sciences school? To help you decide if LaGuardia Community College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's computer and information sciences program.

LaGuardia is located in Long Island City, New York and approximately 16,971 students attend the school each year.

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

LaGuardia Computer & Information Sciences Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Computer & Information Sciences

LaGuardia Computer & Information Sciences Rankings

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Computer & Information Sciences Student Demographics at LaGuardia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer and information sciences majors at LaGuardia Community College.

LaGuardia Computer & Information Sciences Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 73% of computer and information sciences associate's degrees went to men and 27% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in computer and information sciences only graduates about 25% women each year. The program at LaGuardia may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 1% more women than average.

LaGuardia does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in computer and information sciences graduates 39% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from LaGuardia Community College with a associate's in computer and information sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	107
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	62
White	24
International Students	41
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Concentrations Within Computer & Information Sciences

Computer & Information Sciences majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from LaGuardia Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Science	194
Computer Software & Applications	42
Computer Programming	28

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Engineering Technologies
• Communications Technologies & Support
• Agriculture & Agriculture Operations
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Careers That Computer & Information Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer and information sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for LaGuardia Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Software Applications Developers	52,640	$116,830
Computer User Support Specialists	45,190	$60,160
Computer Systems Analysts	44,030	$106,320
Computer and Information Systems Managers	27,070	$190,310
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	25,940	$94,940

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.