Information Technology at College of Southern Maryland

What traits are you looking for in a IT school? To help you decide if College of Southern Maryland is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's IT program.

CSM is located in La Plata, Maryland and approximately 6,164 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.

CSM Information Technology Degrees Available

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

CSM Information Technology Rankings

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IT Student Demographics at CSM

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

CSM Information Technology Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 73% of IT associate's degrees went to men and 27% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in IT only graduates about 22% women each year. The program at CSM may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 5% more women than average.

CSM does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in IT graduates 24% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	13
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Information Technology

The following IT concentations are available at College of Southern Maryland. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from College of Southern Maryland. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer & IS Security	37

Related Majors

• Computer Programming
• Computer Information Systems

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 MD, the home state for College of Southern Maryland.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	16,220	$108,190
Managers	14,450	$122,050
Computer Workers	13,720	$113,330
Computer User Support Specialists	10,620	$54,880
Computer and Information Systems Managers	10,590	$154,870

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.