General Information Science at Rockland Community College

Every general information science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the information science program at Rockland Community College stacks up to those at other schools.

Rockland Community College is located in Suffern, New York and has a total student population of 5,735.

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

Rockland Community College General Information Science Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Information Science

Rockland Community College General Information Science Rankings

Information Science Student Demographics at Rockland Community College

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

Rockland Community College General Information Science Associate’s Program

44% Women

25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 56% of information science associate's degrees went to men and 44% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in information science 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 information science.

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

Careers That Information Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in information 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 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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