Information Technology at Broward College

If you plan to study information technology, take a look at what Broward College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

BC is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and has a total student population of 33,243. In 2021, 162 IT majors received their bachelor's degree from BC.

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.

BC Information Technology Degrees Available

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

BC Information Technology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks IT programs across the country. The following shows how BC performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The IT major at BC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Information Technology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Information Technology Basic Certificate Schools	2
Most Popular Information Technology Schools	4
Best Value Information Technology Basic Certificate Schools	22
Most Popular Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	22
Best Information Technology Basic Certificate Schools	35
	44
Most Popular Information Technology Associate Degree Schools	54
Best Value Information Technology Associate Degree Schools	55
Best Information Technology Associate Degree Schools	70
Best Value Information Technology Schools	81
Most Focused Information Technology Schools	109
Most Focused Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	136
Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	185
	198
Most Focused Information Technology Associate Degree Schools	245
Best Information Technology Schools	261
	290

IT Student Demographics at BC

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

BC Information Technology Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 68% of IT associate's degrees went to men and 32% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in IT only graduates about 27% women each year. The program at BC may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 5% more women than average.

BC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in IT graduates 29% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	5
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

BC Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 162 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in IT from BC in 2021, 80% were men and 20% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 38% more racial-ethnic minorities in its IT bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Broward College with a bachelor's in IT.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	46
Hispanic or Latino	57
White	24
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

BC also has a doctoral program available in IT. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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 FL, the home state for Broward College.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Software Applications Developers	38,160	$95,610
Computer Systems Analysts	24,970	$85,050
Systems Software Developers	17,270	$102,590
Computer and Information Systems Managers	16,920	$129,540
Computer Network Architects	10,280	$91,180

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.