Computer Science at Santa Ana College

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

SAC is located in Santa Ana, California and approximately 20,118 students attend the school each year.

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

SAC Computer Science Degrees Available

Basic Certificate in CompSci (Less Than 1 Year)
Associate’s Degree in CompSci

SAC Computer Science Rankings

CompSci Student Demographics at SAC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the compsci majors at Santa Ana College.

SAC Computer Science Associate’s Program

11% Women

83% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 89% of compsci associate's degrees went to men and 11% went to women.

SAC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in compsci graduates 48% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Computer Science

Computer Science majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Santa Ana College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Science	15

Careers That CompSci Grads May Go Into

A degree in compsci can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for Santa Ana College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Systems Software Developers	88,910	$131,700
Computer Workers	74,690	$103,270
Computer and Information Systems Managers	63,640	$180,250
Computer Programmers	29,740	$97,470

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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