Information Technology at American River College

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

American River is located in Sacramento, California and has a total student population of 25,422.

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.

American River Information Technology Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in IT (Less Than 1 Year)
• Associate’s Degree in IT

American River Information Technology Rankings

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IT Student Demographics at American River

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

American River Information Technology Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 76% of IT associate's degrees went to men and 24% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in IT only graduates about 22% women each year. The program at American River may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 2% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in IT at American River are white. Around 53% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree. American River 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 American River College with a associate's in IT.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at American River College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer & IS Security	12
Computer Support Specialist	5

Related Majors

• Computer Software & Applications
• Data Entry
• Computer Systems Networking
• Computer Programming
• Computer Science

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 CA, the home state for American River College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Computer Workers	74,690	$103,270
Computer User Support Specialists	70,510	$66,350
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Computer and Information Systems Managers	63,640	$180,250
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	36,900	$97,810

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.