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General Information Science at Dutchess Community College

General Information Science at Dutchess Community College

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

DCC is located in Poughkeepsie, New York and approximately 8,034 students attend the school each year.

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

DCC General Information Science Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Information Science

DCC General Information Science Rankings

Information Science Student Demographics at DCC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the information science majors at Dutchess Community College.

DCC General Information Science Associate’s Program

15% Women
54% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 85% of information science associate's degrees went to men and 15% went to women.

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DCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in information science graduates 17% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 6
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Careers That Information Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in information 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 Dutchess Community College.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Computer and Information Systems Managers 27,070 $190,310
Systems Software Developers 19,690 $115,120
Computer Science Professors 3,030 $105,860
Computer and Information Research Scientists 1,430 $131,220

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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