Information Technology at Oakton Community College

Every information technology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the it program at Oakton Community College stacks up to those at other schools.

Oakton Community College is located in Des Plaines, Illinois and has a total student population of 7,313.

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

Oakton Community College Information Technology Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in IT

Oakton Community College Information Technology Rankings

IT Student Demographics at Oakton Community College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the it majors at Oakton Community College.

Oakton Community College Information Technology Associate’s Program

50% Women

100% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of it associate's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

Oakton Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in it graduates 59% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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

Careers That IT Grads May Go Into

A degree in it can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Oakton Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Software Applications Developers	30,500	$96,610
Computer Systems Analysts	28,130	$89,370
Computer and Information Systems Managers	17,770	$143,900
Systems Software Developers	17,130	$108,570
Computer Network Architects	5,310	$114,780

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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