Computer Software & Applications at Northwest Missouri State University

If you plan to study computer software & applications, take a look at what Northwest Missouri State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Northwest is located in Maryville, Missouri and approximately 7,267 students attend the school each year.

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

Northwest Computer Software & Applications Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Software

Northwest Computer Software & Applications Rankings

The computer software major at Northwest is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer Software & Applications. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Computer Software Student Demographics at Northwest

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer software majors at Northwest Missouri State University.

Northwest Computer Software & Applications Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of computer software bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. The typical computer software bachelor's degree program is made up of only 45% women. So female students are more repesented at Northwest since its program graduates 26% more women than average.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in computer software at Northwest are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northwest Missouri State University with a bachelor's in computer software.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	11
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Computer Software & Applications

Computer Software & Applications 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 Missouri State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Web & Multimedia Design	12
Data Modeling/Warehousing & Database Administration	3

Related Majors

• Information Technology
• Computer Information Systems
• Computer Science

Careers That Computer Software Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer software can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MO, the home state for Northwest Missouri State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Software Applications Developers	15,380	$93,880
Computer Programmers	5,630	$76,530
Graphic Designers	3,740	$50,350
Web Developers	3,310	$65,090
Database Administrators	2,770	$86,660

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
• Image Credit: By poster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.