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General Information Science at Hudson Valley Community College

General Information Science at Hudson Valley Community College

What traits are you looking for in a information science school? To help you decide if Hudson Valley Community College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's information science program.

HVCC is located in Troy, New York and approximately 8,933 students attend the school each year.

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

HVCC General Information Science Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Information Science

Online Classes Are Available at HVCC

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? HVCC offers distance education options for information science at the following degree levels:

  • Associate’s Degree

HVCC General Information Science Rankings

Information Science Student Demographics at HVCC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the information science majors at Hudson Valley Community College.

HVCC General Information Science Associate’s Program

13% Women
38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 88% of information science associate's degrees went to men and 13% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in information science at HVCC 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 Hudson Valley Community College with a associate's in information science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 11
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 27
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Careers That Information Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in information 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 NY, the home state for Hudson Valley Community College.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Computer and Information Systems Managers 27,070 $190,310
Systems Software Developers 19,690 $115,120
Computer Science Professors 3,030 $105,860
Computer and Information Research Scientists 1,430 $131,220

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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