General Computer & Information Sciences at Howard Community College

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

HCC is located in Columbia, Maryland and has a total student population of 9,566.

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.

HCC General Computer & Information Sciences Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Computer and Information Sciences

HCC General Computer & Information Sciences Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Computer and Information Sciences Student Demographics at HCC

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

HCC General Computer & Information Sciences Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 74% of computer and information sciences associate's degrees went to men and 26% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in computer and information sciences only graduates about 23% women each year. The program at HCC may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 2% more women than average.

HCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in computer and information sciences graduates 8% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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 MD, the home state for Howard Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Computer Systems Analysts	18,340	$97,720
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	16,220	$108,190
Computer Workers	13,720	$113,330
Computer and Information Systems Managers	10,590	$154,870
Computer Network Architects	5,340	$121,720

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.