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General Computer & Information Sciences at Northwest-Shoals Community College

General Computer & Information Sciences at Northwest-Shoals Community College

If you are interested in studying general computer & information sciences, you may want to check out the program at Northwest-Shoals Community College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

NW-SCC is located in Muscle Shoals, Alabama and has a total student population of 3,360.

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

NW-SCC General Computer & Information Sciences Degrees Available

  • Basic Certificate in Computer and Information Sciences (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Associate’s Degree in Computer and Information Sciences

Online Classes Are Available at NW-SCC

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? NW-SCC offers distance education options for computer and information sciences at the following degree levels:

NW-SCC General Computer & Information Sciences Rankings

Computer and Information Sciences Student Demographics at NW-SCC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer and information sciences majors at Northwest-Shoals Community College.

NW-SCC General Computer & Information Sciences Associate’s Program

23% Women
23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 77% of computer and information sciences associate's degrees went to men and 23% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in computer and information sciences at NW-SCC are white. Around 77% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northwest-Shoals Community College with a associate's in computer and information sciences.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 10
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That Computer and Information Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer and information sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AL, the home state for Northwest-Shoals Community College.

Occupation Jobs in AL Average Salary in AL
Computer Systems Analysts 3,910 $84,950
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 3,850 $76,370
Computer and Information Systems Managers 3,200 $126,300
Computer Workers 1,920 $87,060
Database Administrators 1,880 $83,580

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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