Computer & IS Security at College of Southern Maryland

If you plan to study computer and IS security, take a look at what College of Southern Maryland has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

CSM is located in La Plata, Maryland and has a total student population of 6,164.

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

CSM Computer & IS Security Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance (Less Than 1 Year)
• Associate’s Degree in Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance

CSM Computer & IS Security Rankings

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Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Student Demographics at CSM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance majors at College of Southern Maryland.

CSM Computer & IS Security Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 73% of computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance associate's degrees went to men and 27% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance only graduates about 21% women each year. The program at CSM may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 6% more women than average.

CSM does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance graduates 23% 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 computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance.

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

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Careers That Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer and information systems security / auditing / information assurance 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
Computer and Information Systems Managers	10,590	$154,870
Computer Network Support Specialists	8,130	$73,360
Computer Network Architects	5,340	$121,720
Information Security Analysts	4,990	$107,960

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.