Information Technology at Pikes Peak Community College

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

PPCC is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado and has a total student population of 12,506.

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.

PPCC Information Technology Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in IT

PPCC Information Technology Rankings

IT Student Demographics at PPCC

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

PPCC Information Technology Associate’s Program

30% Women

25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 70% of it associate's degrees went to men and 30% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in it only graduates about 23% women each year. The program at PPCC may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 7% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in it at PPCC are white. Around 70% 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 Pikes Peak Community College with a associate's in it.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Information Technology

If you plan to be a it major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Pikes Peak Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer & IS Security	29

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 CO, the home state for Pikes Peak Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Computer Workers	16,440	$102,470
Computer User Support Specialists	14,390	$60,440
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	11,610	$84,170
Managers	8,940	$138,490
Computer and Information Systems Managers	7,600	$164,220

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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