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Computer Science at American River College

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

American River is located in Sacramento, California and approximately 25,422 students attend the school each year.

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

American River Computer Science Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Computer Science

American River Computer Science Rankings

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Computer Science Student Demographics at American River

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer science majors at American River College.

American River Computer Science Associate’s Program

14% Women
53% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 86% of computer science associate's degrees went to men and 14% went to women.

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American River does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in computer science graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from American River College with a associate's in computer science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 10
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 8
White 19
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

Careers That Computer Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer 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 CA, the home state for American River College.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Software Applications Developers 148,550 $127,950
Systems Software Developers 88,910 $131,700
Computer Workers 74,690 $103,270
Computer and Information Systems Managers 63,640 $180,250
Computer Programmers 29,740 $97,470

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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