Computer Science at Harrisburg Area Community College

If you are interested in studying computer science, you may want to check out the program at Harrisburg Area Community College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

HACC is located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 15,376.

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

HACC Computer Science Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Computer Science

HACC Computer Science Rankings

Computer Science Student Demographics at HACC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer science majors at Harrisburg Area Community College.

HACC Computer Science Associate’s Program

33% Women

33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of computer science associate's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in computer science only graduates about 24% women each year. The program at HACC may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 9% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in computer science at HACC are white. Around 56% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Harrisburg Area Community College with a associate's in computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Careers That Computer Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Harrisburg Area Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Software Applications Developers	28,260	$96,370
Computer Workers	19,010	$87,040
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,070	$146,860
Computer Programmers	8,990	$85,800
Systems Software Developers	8,810	$103,520

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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