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General Information Science at Tompkins Cortland Community College

General Information Science at Tompkins Cortland Community College

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

Tompkins Cortland is located in Dryden, New York and has a total student population of 4,764.

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

Tompkins Cortland General Information Science Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Information Science

Online Classes Are Available at Tompkins Cortland

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Tompkins Cortland offers distance education options for information science at the following degree levels:

  • Associate’s Degree

Tompkins Cortland General Information Science Rankings

Information Science Student Demographics at Tompkins Cortland

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the information science majors at Tompkins Cortland Community College.

Tompkins Cortland General Information Science Associate’s Program

14% Women
43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 86% of information science associate's degrees went to men and 14% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in information science at Tompkins Cortland are white. Around 57% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree. Tompkins Cortland does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in information science graduates 6% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Tompkins Cortland Community College with a associate's in information science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 4
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That Information Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in information science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Tompkins Cortland Community College.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Computer and Information Systems Managers 27,070 $190,310
Systems Software Developers 19,690 $115,120
Computer Science Professors 3,030 $105,860
Computer and Information Research Scientists 1,430 $131,220

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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