Information Technology at Cochise County Community College District

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

Cochise College is located in Sierra Vista, Arizona and approximately 3,327 students attend the school each year.

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.

Cochise College Information Technology Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Cochise College

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Cochise College offers distance education options for IT at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree

Cochise College Information Technology 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.

IT Student Demographics at Cochise College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the IT majors at Cochise County Community College District.

Cochise College Information Technology Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of IT associate's degrees went to men and 41% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in IT only graduates about 22% women each year. The program at Cochise College may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 19% more women than average.

Cochise College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in IT graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	11
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 Cochise County Community College District. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer & IS Security	22

Related Majors

• Information Science
• Computer Programming
• Computer Science
• Computer Systems Networking

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 AZ, the home state for Cochise County Community College District.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
Computer User Support Specialists	16,700	$52,090
Computer Workers	9,150	$85,010
Managers	8,520	$101,630
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	7,330	$85,850
Computer and Information Systems Managers	7,090	$137,420

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.