Information Technology at Tidewater Community College

If you are interested in studying information technology, you may want to check out the program at Tidewater Community College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Tidewater Community College is located in Norfolk, Virginia and has a total student population of 16,769.

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.

Tidewater Community College Information Technology Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in IT

Tidewater Community College Information Technology Rankings

IT Student Demographics at Tidewater Community College

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

Tidewater Community College Information Technology Associate’s Program

28% Women

49% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 72% of it associate's degrees went to men and 28% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in it only graduates about 23% women each year. The program at Tidewater Community College may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 5% more women than average.

Tidewater Community College 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 Tidewater Community College with a associate's in it.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	22
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	43
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

Concentrations Within Information Technology

If you plan to be a it 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 Tidewater Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer & IS Security	84

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 VA, the home state for Tidewater Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Computer User Support Specialists	19,880	$58,290
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	18,520	$93,860
Managers	17,280	$134,500
Computer Workers	14,580	$105,270
Information Security Analysts	14,180	$111,780

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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