Information Technology at Gordon State College

If you plan to study information technology, take a look at what Gordon State College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Gordon is located in Barnesville, Georgia and has a total student population of 3,231.

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.

Gordon Information Technology Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in IT

Gordon Information Technology Rankings

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IT Student Demographics at Gordon

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

Gordon Information Technology Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of IT associate's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in IT only graduates about 22% women each year. The program at Gordon may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 38% more women than average.

Gordon does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in IT graduates 22% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Gordon State College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Information Technology Management	5

Related Majors

• 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 GA, the home state for Gordon State College.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Computer User Support Specialists	22,090	$53,090
Computer Workers	21,500	$90,140
Managers	14,480	$118,060
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,990	$143,930
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	10,040	$86,910

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.