Computer Science at Santa Monica College

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

SMC is located in Santa Monica, California and has a total student population of 25,948.

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.

SMC Computer Science Degrees Available

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

SMC Computer Science Rankings

CompSci Student Demographics at SMC

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

SMC Computer Science Associate’s Program

22% Women

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

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

SMC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in compsci graduates 15% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	15
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Computer Science

If you plan to be a compsci major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Santa Monica College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Science	42

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 Monica 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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