Information Science at Rockland Community College

If you plan to study information science, take a look at what Rockland Community College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Rockland Community College is located in Suffern, New York and approximately 5,735 students attend the school each year.

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

Rockland Community College Information Science Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in IS

Rockland Community College Information Science Rankings

IS Student Demographics at Rockland Community College

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

Rockland Community College Information Science Associate’s Program

44% Women

25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 56% of is associate's degrees went to men and 44% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in is only graduates about 35% women each year. The program at Rockland Community College may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 9% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Concentrations Within Information Science

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Information Science	20

Information Technology

Careers That IS Grads May Go Into

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

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Computer and Information Systems Managers	27,070	$190,310
Systems Software Developers	19,690	$115,120
Computer Science Professors	3,030	$105,860
Computer and Information Research Scientists	1,430	$131,220

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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