Information Technology at Community College of Rhode Island

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

CCRI is located in Warwick, Rhode Island and approximately 13,684 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.

CCRI Information Technology Degrees Available

• Undergrad Certificate in IT (1 - 4 Years)
• Associate’s Degree in IT

CCRI Information Technology Rankings

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IT Student Demographics at CCRI

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

CCRI Information Technology Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 90% of IT associate's degrees went to men and 10% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in IT at CCRI are white. Around 60% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree. CCRI does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in IT graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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

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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Community College of Rhode Island. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Support Specialist	8
Web/Multimedia Management & Webmaster	2

Related Majors

• Computer Information Systems
• Computer Programming

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 RI, the home state for Community College of Rhode Island.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	1,800	$90,600
Computer Workers	1,410	$81,290
Computer and Information Systems Managers	1,270	$146,550
Computer User Support Specialists	1,240	$56,660
Computer Network Support Specialists	1,100	$56,400

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.