Information Technology at Green River College

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

GRC is located in Auburn, Washington and approximately 7,493 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 60 students received a bachelor's degree in IT from GRC.

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.

GRC Information Technology Degrees Available

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

GRC Information Technology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks IT programs across the country. The following shows how GRC performed in these 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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The IT major at GRC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Information Technology. 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Information Technology Basic Certificate Schools	23
Most Popular Information Technology Schools	29
Most Popular Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	36
Most Focused Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	43
Most Focused Information Technology Schools	59
Most Popular Information Technology Undergraduate Certificate Schools	237
Most Focused Information Technology Undergraduate Certificate Schools	237

IT Student Demographics at GRC

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

GRC Information Technology Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 85% of IT associate's degrees went to men and 15% went to women.

GRC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in IT graduates 11% 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 IT.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	31
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	19

GRC Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 60 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Information Technology from GRC in 2020-2021, 83% were men and 17% were women.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in IT at GRC are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	33
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

GRC also has a doctoral program available in IT. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Data Entry
• Computer Science
• Computer Programming

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 WA, the home state for Green River College.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Computer User Support Specialists	18,630	$62,180
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,690	$159,290
Computer Workers	13,100	$91,620
Managers	11,280	$125,490
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	8,920	$92,750

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.