Information Science at Northwest Mississippi Community College

What traits are you looking for in a is school? To help you decide if Northwest Mississippi Community College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's is 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 Information Science section at the bottom of this page.

NWCC Information Science Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in IS

NWCC Information Science Rankings

IS Student Demographics at NWCC

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

NWCC Information Science Associate’s Program

33% Women

44% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of is associate's degrees went to men and 33% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in is at NWCC are white. Around 56% 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 is graduates 8% 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 is.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Information Science

Information Science 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 Northwest Mississippi Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded

Careers That IS Grads May Go Into

A degree in is 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
Systems Software Developers	950	$86,360
Computer Workers	670	$81,280
Computer and Information Research Scientists	340	$95,860
Computer Science Professors	160	$80,790

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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