Computer Science at LaGuardia Community College
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 Science section at the bottom of this page.
LaGuardia Computer Science Degrees Available
- Associate’s Degree in Computer Science
LaGuardia Computer Science Rankings
Computer Science Student Demographics at LaGuardia
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer science majors at LaGuardia Community College.
LaGuardia Computer Science Associate’s Program
LaGuardia does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in computer science graduates 48% 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 science.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 34 |
Black or African American | 6 |
Hispanic or Latino | 20 |
White | 6 |
International Students | 7 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 4 |
Careers That Computer Science Grads May Go Into
A degree in computer science 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 and Information Systems Managers | 27,070 | $190,310 |
Systems Software Developers | 19,690 | $115,120 |
Computer Programmers | 15,380 | $91,250 |
Computer Network Support Specialists | 12,930 | $79,200 |
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.