Computer Programming at Polk State College

If you plan to study computer programming, take a look at what Polk State College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Polk State is located in Winter Haven, Florida and approximately 9,961 students attend the school each year.

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

Polk State Computer Programming Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Programming

Polk State Computer Programming Rankings

Programming Student Demographics at Polk State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the programming majors at Polk State College.

Polk State Computer Programming Associate’s Program

22% Women

33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 78% of programming associate's degrees went to men and 22% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in programming at Polk State 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 Polk State College with a associate's in programming.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Computer Programming

The following programming concentations are available at Polk State College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Polk State College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Computer Programming	4

Careers That Programming Grads May Go Into

A degree in programming can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for FL, the home state for Polk State College.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Software Applications Developers	38,160	$95,610
Systems Software Developers	17,270	$102,590
Computer Programmers	10,390	$78,890
Computer Network Support Specialists	8,580	$61,040
Web Developers	7,190	$64,160

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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