Computer & IS Security at Portland Community College

Every computer & is security school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance program at Portland Community College stacks up to those at other schools.

Portland Community College is located in Portland, Oregon and approximately 22,904 students attend the school each year.

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

Portland Community College Computer & IS Security Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance (Less Than 1 Year)
• Associate’s Degree in Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance

Online Classes Are Available at Portland Community College

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? Portland Community College offers distance education options for computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree

Portland Community College Computer & IS Security Rankings

Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Student Demographics at Portland Community College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance majors at Portland Community College.

Portland Community College Computer & IS Security Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 92% of computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance associate's degrees went to men and 8% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance at Portland Community College are white. Around 60% 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 Portland Community College with a associate's in computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	29
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Related Majors

• Network & System Administration/Administrator

Careers That Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for OR, the home state for Portland Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Computer and Information Systems Managers	5,370	$129,680
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	3,980	$82,020
Computer Network Support Specialists	1,610	$59,720
Database Administrators	1,340	$92,150
Computer Network Architects	1,000	$108,990

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.