Computer Information Systems at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

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

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is located in Perkinston, Mississippi and approximately 8,677 students attend the school each year.

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

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Computer Information Systems Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in CIS

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Computer Information Systems Rankings

CIS Student Demographics at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the cis majors at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Computer Information Systems Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 66% of cis associate's degrees went to men and 34% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in cis only graduates about 27% women each year. The program at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 7% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in cis at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College are white. Around 53% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in cis graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College with a associate's in cis.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Concentrations Within Computer Information Systems

Computer Information Systems 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 Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Computer & Information Sciences	3

Related Majors

• Computer Programming
• Computer Systems Networking
• Computer Science

Careers That CIS Grads May Go Into

A degree in cis can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MS, the home state for Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Computer Systems Analysts	2,010	$66,790
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	1,270	$75,000
Computer and Information Systems Managers	1,150	$100,300
Systems Software Developers	950	$86,360
Software Applications Developers	910	$85,470

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.