General Computer & Information Sciences at Houghton College

If you are interested in studying general computer and information sciences, you may want to check out the program at Houghton College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Houghton is located in Houghton, New York and has a total student population of 902. Of the 11 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Houghton College in 2021, 8 of them were general computer and information sciences majors.

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

Houghton General Computer & Information Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer and Information Sciences

Houghton General Computer & Information Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the computer and information sciences progam at Houghton compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The computer and information sciences major at Houghton is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Computer & Information Sciences. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	111
Most Focused General Computer Science Schools	226
Most Popular General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	373
Most Popular General Computer Science Schools	584

Computer and Information Sciences Student Demographics at Houghton

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer and information sciences majors at Houghton College.

Houghton General Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students earned a bachelor's degree in computer and information sciences from Houghton. About 13% of these graduates were women and the other 88% were men.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in computer and information sciences at Houghton are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Houghton College with a bachelor's in computer and information sciences.

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

Houghton also has a doctoral program available in computer and information sciences. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Computer and Information Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer and information sciences 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 Houghton College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Computer Systems Analysts	44,030	$106,320
Computer and Information Systems Managers	27,070	$190,310
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	25,940	$94,940
Computer Network Architects	8,660	$113,300
Database Administrators	7,100	$99,000

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
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