Information Technology at Southwestern College

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

SC is located in Winfield, Kansas and approximately 1,413 students attend the school each year. Of the 428 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Southwestern College in 2021, 17 of them were information technology majors.

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.

SC Information Technology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IT

Online Classes Are Available at SC

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? SC offers distance education options for IT at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

SC Information Technology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IT progam at SC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The IT major at SC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Information Technology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	59
Best Information Technology Schools	92
	223
Most Popular Information Technology Schools	397

IT Student Demographics at SC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the IT majors at Southwestern College.

SC Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 88% of IT bachelor's degrees went to men and 12% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southwestern College with a bachelor's in IT.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

SC also has a doctoral program available in IT. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Computer & Information Sciences
• Computer Science
• Computer Programming

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 KS, the home state for Southwestern College.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Computer User Support Specialists	7,420	$45,360
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	5,820	$75,940
Computer and Information Systems Managers	3,010	$119,050
Managers	2,420	$102,560
Computer Network Architects	1,600	$93,670

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Rschmeichel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.