Collin County Community College District Computer Science Programs

Collin County Community College District is a public institution situated in McKinney, Texas. McKinney is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

Collin County Community College District Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Collin County Community College District has been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#40	Most Popular Computer Science Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#43	Most Popular Computer Science Associate’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Collin County Community College District.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best Value Computer Information Systems Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best Value Computer Science Associate’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best Value Computer Systems Networking Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best Value Information Technology Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best Value Computer Software & Applications Associate’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Best Computer Science Associate’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#10	Best Computer Software & Applications Associate’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#13	Best Information Technology Associate’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#20	Most Popular Information Technology Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#22	Most Popular Computer Science Associate’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Where Is Collin County Community College District?

Contact details for Collin County Community College District are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	3452 Spur 399, McKinney, TX 75069
Phone:	972-881-5790
Website:	www.collin.edu

How Do I Get Into Collin County Community College District?

You can apply to Collin County Community College District online at: www.collin.edu/gettingstarted/admissions/online_app.html

Collin County Community College District has an open admissions policy. This means that the school accepts all applicants assuming that they meet very basic requirements, such as having a high school diploma or equivalent.

Can I Afford Collin County Community College District?

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Collin County Community College District, approximately 15% of students took out student loans averaging $3,042 a year. That adds up to $12,168 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Collin County Community College District is 15.1%. Watch out! This is significantly higher than the national default rate of 10.1%, which means you could have trouble paying back your student loans if you take any out.

Collin County Community College District Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 35,132 undergraduate students at Collin County Community College District, with 10,760 being full-time and 24,372 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 10,760 full-time undergraduates at Collin County Community College District, 49% are male and 51% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Collin County Community College District students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	1,222
Black or African American	1,281
Hispanic or Latino	2,340
White	4,750
International Students	369
Other Races/Ethnicities	798

Over 100 countries are represented at Collin County Community College District. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Vietnam, China, and South Korea.

Online Learning at Collin County Community College District

In 2017-2018, 8,351 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Collin County Community College District has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 36th most popular in Texas for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2017-2018.

Online Growth Rankings of Collin County Community College District

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Collin County Community College District was 6.9%. This is the #1,121 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Collin County Community College District regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Collin County Community College District majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Computer Information Systems	51%
General Computer & Information Sciences	51%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Collin County Community College District ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Collin County Community College District.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Web & Multimedia Design	#27
Computer Systems Networking	#34
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	#34
Computer Software & Applications	#37
General Computer & Information Sciences	#64
Computer Information Systems	#106

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Collin County Community College District Computer Science Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
Computer & IS Security	5	34	29	68
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	32	11	7	50
General Computer & Information Sciences	6	15	14	35
Computer Science	0	32	0	32
Web & Multimedia Design	4	8	6	18
Network & System Administration/Administrator	1	2	0	3
System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management/Manager	0	2	0	2
TOTAL	48	104	56	208

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.