Computer Programming at Green River College

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

GRC is located in Auburn, Washington and approximately 7,493 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.

GRC Computer Programming Degrees Available

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

GRC Computer Programming Rankings

The programming major at GRC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer Programming. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Programming Student Demographics at GRC

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

GRC Computer Programming Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 81% of programming associate's degrees went to men and 19% went to women.

GRC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in programming graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

GRC Computer Programming Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 69% of programming bachelor's degrees went to men and 31% went to women. The typical programming bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at GRC since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	16
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Concentrations Within Computer Programming

The following programming concentations are available at Green River College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Green River College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Computer Programming	46

Related Majors

• Data Entry
• Computer Science
• Information Technology

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 WA, the home state for Green River College.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Software Applications Developers	53,860	$131,790
Systems Software Developers	16,130	$121,250
Computer Programmers	9,670	$126,920
Web Developers	5,880	$94,060
Computer Network Support Specialists	3,940	$81,270

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.