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Information Technology at Merritt College

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

Merritt College is located in Oakland, California and approximately 6,261 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.

Merritt College Information Technology Degrees Available

  • Basic Certificate in IT (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Undergrad Certificate in IT (1 - 4 Years)
  • Associate’s Degree in IT

Merritt College Information Technology Rankings

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IT Student Demographics at Merritt College

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

Merritt College Information Technology Associate’s Program

29% Women
79% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 71% of IT associate's degrees went to men and 29% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in IT only graduates about 27% women each year. The program at Merritt College may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 1% more women than average.

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Merritt College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in IT graduates 39% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 0
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 CA, the home state for Merritt College.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Software Applications Developers 148,550 $127,950
Systems Software Developers 88,910 $131,700
Computer Systems Analysts 67,950 $103,930
Computer and Information Systems Managers 63,640 $180,250
Computer Network Architects 16,650 $127,500

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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