General Information Science at Tompkins Cortland Community College
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
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.
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 |
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*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.