Information Technology at Merritt College

Every information technology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the it program at Merritt College stacks up to those at other schools.

Merritt College is located in Oakland, California and approximately 6,261 students attend the school each year.

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.

Merritt College Information Technology Degrees Available

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

Merritt College Information Technology Rankings

IT Student Demographics at Merritt College

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

Merritt College Information Technology Associate’s Program

29% Women

79% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of it associate's degrees went to men and 29% went to women.

Merritt College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in it graduates 38% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 CA, the home state for Merritt College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Systems Software Developers	88,910	$131,700
Computer Systems Analysts	67,950	$103,930
Computer and Information Systems Managers	63,640	$180,250
Computer Network Architects	16,650	$127,500

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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