General Computer & Information Sciences at Western Nevada College

Every general computer & information sciences school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the computer and information sciences program at Western Nevada College stacks up to those at other schools.

WNC is located in Carson City, Nevada and approximately 3,495 students attend the school each year.

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

WNC General Computer & Information Sciences Degrees Available

• Undergrad Certificate in Computer and Information Sciences (1 - 4 Years)
• Associate’s Degree in Computer and Information Sciences

Online Classes Are Available at WNC

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? WNC offers distance education options for computer and information sciences at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree

WNC General Computer & Information Sciences Rankings

Computer and Information Sciences Student Demographics at WNC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer and information sciences majors at Western Nevada College.

WNC General Computer & Information Sciences Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 64% of computer and information sciences associate's degrees went to men and 36% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in computer and information sciences only graduates about 25% women each year. The program at WNC may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 11% more women than average.

WNC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in computer and information sciences graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Western Nevada College with a associate's in computer and information sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Related Majors

Careers That Computer and Information Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer and information sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NV, the home state for Western Nevada College.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
Computer Workers	2,600	$72,610
Computer and Information Systems Managers	1,830	$134,840
Computer Systems Analysts	1,750	$80,580
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	1,500	$84,330
Computer Network Architects	640	$104,350

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.