Information Technology at Georgia Piedmont Technical College

If you are interested in studying information technology, you may want to check out the program at Georgia Piedmont Technical College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Georgia Piedmont Technical College is located in Clarkston, Georgia and approximately 2,615 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.

Georgia Piedmont Technical College Information Technology Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Georgia Piedmont Technical College

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Georgia Piedmont Technical College offers distance education options for IT at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree

Georgia Piedmont Technical College Information Technology Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

IT Student Demographics at Georgia Piedmont Technical College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the IT majors at Georgia Piedmont Technical College.

Georgia Piedmont Technical College Information Technology Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 69% of IT associate's degrees went to men and 31% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in IT only graduates about 22% women each year. The program at Georgia Piedmont Technical College may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 9% more women than average.

Georgia Piedmont Technical College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in IT graduates 23% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Data Processing
• Computer Programming
• Computer Software & Applications

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 GA, the home state for Georgia Piedmont Technical College.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Computer User Support Specialists	22,090	$53,090
Computer Workers	21,500	$90,140
Managers	14,480	$118,060
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,990	$143,930
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	10,040	$86,910

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.