Computer & IS Security at Northern Essex Community College

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

NECC is located in Haverhill, Massachusetts and approximately 4,715 students attend the school each year.

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

NECC Computer & IS Security Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance

NECC Computer & IS Security Rankings

Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Student Demographics at NECC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance majors at Northern Essex Community College.

NECC Computer & IS Security Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 92% of computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance associate's degrees went to men and 8% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance at NECC are white. Around 54% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree. NECC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance graduates 6% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northern Essex Community College with a associate's in computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Information Technology Project Management

Careers That Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Northern Essex Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Computer and Information Systems Managers	17,820	$156,620
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	8,880	$91,470
Computer Network Architects	6,000	$121,700
Computer Network Support Specialists	3,600	$84,230
Information Security Analysts	3,260	$108,400

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.