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Computer Science at Piedmont Virginia Community College

Computer Science at Piedmont Virginia Community College

If you are interested in studying computer science, you may want to check out the program at Piedmont Virginia Community College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

PVCC is located in Charlottesville, Virginia and approximately 4,864 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.

PVCC Computer Science Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Computer Science

PVCC Computer Science Rankings

Computer Science Student Demographics at PVCC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer science majors at Piedmont Virginia Community College.

PVCC Computer Science Associate’s Program

11% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 89% of computer science associate's degrees went to men and 11% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in computer science at PVCC are white. Around 67% 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 Piedmont Virginia Community College with a associate's in computer science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 12
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Careers That Computer Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for VA, the home state for Piedmont Virginia Community College.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Software Applications Developers 38,110 $113,690
Systems Software Developers 27,800 $119,860
Computer Workers 14,580 $105,270
Information Security Analysts 14,180 $111,780
Computer and Information Systems Managers 13,450 $173,290

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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