Computer Programming at Laney College

If you plan to study computer programming, take a look at what Laney College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Laney College is located in Oakland, California and has a total student population of 9,225.

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

Laney College Computer Programming Degrees Available

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

Laney College Computer Programming Rankings

Programming Student Demographics at Laney College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the programming majors at Laney College.

Laney College Computer Programming Associate’s Program

28% Women

89% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 72% of programming associate's degrees went to men and 28% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in programming only graduates about 23% women each year. The program at Laney College may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 5% more women than average.

Laney College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in programming graduates 48% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Laney College with a associate's in programming.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	1
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Computer Programming

Computer Programming majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Laney College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Computer Programming	20

Computer Information Systems

Careers That Programming Grads May Go Into

A degree in programming can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for Laney College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Systems Software Developers	88,910	$131,700
Computer Programmers	29,740	$97,470
Web Developers	20,170	$86,160
Computer Network Support Specialists	17,080	$75,640

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.

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