Computer Programming at Gavilan 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 Gavilan College stacks up to those at other schools.

Gavilan College is located in Gilroy, California and approximately 4,494 students attend the school each year.

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.

Gavilan College Computer Programming Degrees Available

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

Gavilan College Computer Programming Rankings

Programming Student Demographics at Gavilan College

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

Gavilan College Computer Programming Associate’s Program

18% Women

88% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 82% of programming associate's degrees went to men and 18% went to women.

Gavilan College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in programming graduates 47% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Computer Programming

If you plan to be a programming major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Gavilan College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Computer Programming	14

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 Gavilan 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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