Information Technology at William Rainey Harper College

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

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 Information Technology section at the bottom of this page.

Harper College Information Technology Degrees Available

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

Harper College Information Technology Rankings

IT Student Demographics at Harper College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the it majors at William Rainey Harper College.

Harper College Information Technology Associate’s Program

27% Women

80% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 73% of it associate's degrees went to men and 27% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in it only graduates about 23% women each year. The program at Harper College may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 4% 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 it graduates 40% 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 it.

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

Concentrations Within Information Technology

If you plan to be a it 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

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 IL, the home state for William Rainey Harper College.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Computer User Support Specialists	24,920	$53,020
Computer and Information Systems Managers	17,770	$143,900
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	11,640	$86,290
Computer Network Support Specialists	9,940	$65,830

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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