General Computer & Information Sciences at Howard Community College

If you plan to study general computer & information sciences, take a look at what Howard Community College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

HCC is located in Columbia, Maryland and has a total student population of 9,566.

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

HCC General Computer & Information Sciences Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Computer and Information Sciences

HCC General Computer & Information Sciences Rankings

Computer and Information Sciences Student Demographics at HCC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer and information sciences majors at Howard Community College.

HCC General Computer & Information Sciences Associate’s Program

17% Women

52% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 83% of computer and information sciences associate's degrees went to men and 17% went to women.

HCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in computer and information sciences graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	9
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Careers That Computer and Information Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer and 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 MD, the home state for Howard Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Computer Systems Analysts	18,340	$97,720
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	16,220	$108,190
Computer Workers	13,720	$113,330
Computer and Information Systems Managers	10,590	$154,870
Computer Network Architects	5,340	$121,720

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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