Computer Science at South Texas 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 South Texas College stacks up to those at other schools.

South Texas College is located in McAllen, Texas and has a total student population of 28,233.

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.

South Texas College Computer Science Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in CompSci

South Texas College Computer Science Rankings

CompSci Student Demographics at South Texas College

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

South Texas College Computer Science Associate’s Program

13% Women

90% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 87% of compsci associate's degrees went to men and 13% went to women.

South Texas College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in compsci graduates 55% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	49
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 South Texas College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Science	44

Computer Information Systems

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 TX, the home state for South Texas College.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Software Applications Developers	71,260	$108,760
Systems Software Developers	28,720	$110,740
Computer Workers	25,620	$90,290
Computer and Information Systems Managers	22,350	$154,650
Computer Programmers	20,960	$91,970

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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