Computer & Information Sciences at William Rainey Harper College

What traits are you looking for in a computer & information sciences school? To help you decide if William Rainey Harper College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's computer & information sciences program.

Harper College is located in Palatine, Illinois and approximately 12,199 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computer & Information Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

Harper College Computer & Information Sciences Degrees Available

Basic Certificate in Computer & Information Sciences (Less Than 1 Year)
Associate’s Degree in Computer & Information Sciences

Online Classes Are Available at Harper 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? Harper College offers distance education options for computer & information sciences at the following degree levels:

Harper College Computer & Information Sciences Rankings

Computer & Information Sciences Student Demographics at Harper College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer & information sciences majors at William Rainey Harper College.

Harper College Computer & Information Sciences Associate’s Program

32% Women

79% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 68% of computer & information sciences associate's degrees went to men and 32% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in computer & information sciences only graduates about 27% women each year. The program at Harper College may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 5% more women than average.

Harper College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in computer & information sciences graduates 42% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from William Rainey Harper College with a associate's in computer & information sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Computer & Information Sciences

If you plan to be a computer & information sciences 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 William Rainey Harper College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Information Science	11
Computer Software & Applications	6
Computer Programming	3

Careers That Computer & Information Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer & information sciences 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 William Rainey Harper College.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Software Applications Developers	30,500	$96,610
Computer Systems Analysts	28,130	$89,370
Computer User Support Specialists	24,920	$53,020
Computer and Information Systems Managers	17,770	$143,900
Systems Software Developers	17,130	$108,570

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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