Information Technology at SOWELA Technical Community College

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

SOWELA is located in Lake Charles, Louisiana and has a total student population of 2,914.

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.

SOWELA Information Technology Degrees Available

Basic Certificate in IT (Less Than 1 Year)
Undergrad Certificate in IT (1 - 4 Years)
Associate’s Degree in IT

SOWELA Information Technology Rankings

IT Student Demographics at SOWELA

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

SOWELA Information Technology Associate’s Program

40% Women

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of it associate's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in it only graduates about 28% women each year. The program at SOWELA may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 12% more women than average.

SOWELA does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in it graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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

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 LA, the home state for SOWELA Technical Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Computer Systems Analysts	2,060	$72,560
Computer and Information Systems Managers	1,870	$112,860
Systems Software Developers	1,300	$76,200
Software Applications Developers	1,190	$81,640
Information Security Analysts	500	$74,350

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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