Computer Science at Northwest Mississippi Community College

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

NWCC is located in Senatobia, Mississippi and approximately 7,092 students attend the school each year.

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

NWCC Computer Science Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in CompSci

NWCC Computer Science Rankings

CompSci Student Demographics at NWCC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the compsci majors at Northwest Mississippi Community College.

NWCC Computer Science Associate’s Program

20% Women

40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of compsci associate's degrees went to men and 20% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in compsci at NWCC are white. Around 60% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree. NWCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in compsci graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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

Concentrations Within Computer Science

If you plan to be a compsci major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Northwest Mississippi Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded

Careers That CompSci Grads May Go Into

A degree in compsci 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 Northwest Mississippi Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Computer and Information Systems Managers	1,150	$100,300
Computer Network Support Specialists	1,020	$66,110
Systems Software Developers	950	$86,360
Software Applications Developers	910	$85,470
Computer Programmers	880	$73,940

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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