Information Technology at Limestone College

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

Limestone College is located in Gaffney, South Carolina and has a total student population of 1,943. In 2021, 29 IT majors received their bachelor's degree from Limestone College.

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.

Limestone College Information Technology Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in IT
• Bachelor’s Degree in IT

Online Classes Are Available at Limestone College

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Limestone College offers distance education options for IT at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree
• Bachelor’s Degree

Limestone College Information Technology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks IT programs across the country. The following shows how Limestone College performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The IT major at Limestone College is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Information Technology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	47
Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	50
Most Popular Online Information Technology Schools	60
	79
Best Value Information Technology Associate Degree Schools	135
	181

How Much Do IT Graduates from Limestone College Make?

The median salary of IT students who receive their bachelor's degree at Limestone College is $55,004. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 7% higher than the national average of $51,250 for all IT bachelor's degree recipients.

IT Student Demographics at Limestone College

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

Limestone College Information Technology Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of IT associate's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

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

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

Limestone College Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 29 students earned a bachelor's degree in IT from Limestone College. About 31% of these graduates were women and the other 69% were men. The typical IT bachelor's degree program is made up of only 22% women. So female students are more repesented at Limestone College since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% more racial-ethnic minorities in its IT bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Limestone College with a bachelor's in IT.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Limestone College also has a doctoral program available in IT. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Computer Information Systems
• Computer Programming

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 SC, the home state for Limestone College.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Computer User Support Specialists	6,730	$47,040
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	5,780	$75,630
Computer and Information Systems Managers	3,070	$120,720
Computer Network Support Specialists	2,590	$54,530
Managers	1,760	$100,890

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Morder (talk) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.