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Computer Science at Dutchess Community College

Every computer science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the computer science program at Dutchess Community College stacks up to those at other schools.

DCC is located in Poughkeepsie, New York and approximately 8,034 students attend the school each year.

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

DCC Computer Science Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Computer Science

DCC Computer Science Rankings

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Computer Science Student Demographics at DCC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer science majors at Dutchess Community College.

DCC Computer Science Associate’s Program

6% Women
44% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 94% of computer science associate's degrees went to men and 6% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in computer science at DCC are white. Around 56% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree. DCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in computer science graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Dutchess Community College with a associate's in computer science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 10
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Careers That Computer Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Dutchess Community College.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Software Applications Developers 52,640 $116,830
Computer and Information Systems Managers 27,070 $190,310
Systems Software Developers 19,690 $115,120
Computer Programmers 15,380 $91,250
Computer Network Support Specialists 12,930 $79,200

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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