Computer Programming at Diablo Valley College

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

Diablo Valley is located in Pleasant Hill, California and has a total student population of 18,693.

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

Diablo Valley Computer Programming Degrees Available

Basic Certificate in Programming (Less Than 1 Year)
Associate’s Degree in Programming

Diablo Valley Computer Programming Rankings

Programming Student Demographics at Diablo Valley

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the programming majors at Diablo Valley College.

Diablo Valley Computer Programming Associate’s Program

20% Women

57% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of programming associate's degrees went to men and 20% went to women.

Diablo Valley does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in programming graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	56
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	39
International Students	28
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

Concentrations Within Computer Programming

Computer Programming 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 Diablo Valley College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Computer Programming	130

Careers That Programming Grads May Go Into

A degree in 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 CA, the home state for Diablo Valley College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Systems Software Developers	88,910	$131,700
Computer Programmers	29,740	$97,470
Web Developers	20,170	$86,160
Computer Network Support Specialists	17,080	$75,640

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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