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Information Technology at Southwest Tennessee Community College

Information Technology at Southwest Tennessee Community College

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

Southwest is located in Memphis, Tennessee and has a total student population of 7,371.

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

Southwest Information Technology Degrees Available

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

Southwest Information Technology Rankings

IT Student Demographics at Southwest

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the it majors at Southwest Tennessee Community College.

Southwest Information Technology Associate’s Program

21% Women
63% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 79% of it associate's degrees went to men and 21% went to women.

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Southwest does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in it graduates 22% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 9
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 9
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Careers That IT Grads May Go Into

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

Occupation Jobs in TN Average Salary in TN
Computer Systems Analysts 9,520 $77,330
Software Applications Developers 5,870 $87,630
Computer and Information Systems Managers 5,610 $118,660
Systems Software Developers 4,940 $92,700
Computer Network Architects 2,150 $102,030

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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