Information Technology at Elgin Community College

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

ECC is located in Elgin, Illinois and approximately 7,882 students attend the school each year.

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.

ECC Information Technology Degrees Available

Basic Certificate in IT (Less Than 1 Year)
Undergrad Certificate in IT (1 - 4 Years)
Associate’s Degree in IT

ECC Information Technology Rankings

IT Student Demographics at ECC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the it majors at Elgin Community College.

ECC Information Technology Associate’s Program

67% Women

67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of it associate's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in it only graduates about 23% women each year. The program at ECC may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 44% more women than average.

ECC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in it graduates 26% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Information Technology

Information Technology 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 Elgin Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer & IS Security	4

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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 IL, the home state for Elgin Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Computer User Support Specialists	24,920	$53,020
Computer and Information Systems Managers	17,770	$143,900
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	11,640	$86,290
Computer Network Support Specialists	9,940	$65,830

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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