General Computer & Information Sciences at Miami Dade College

If you plan to study general computer and information sciences, take a look at what Miami Dade College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

MDC is located in Miami, Florida and has a total student population of 46,523. Of the 143 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Miami Dade College in 2021, 33 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.

MDC General Computer & Information Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer and Information Sciences

MDC General Computer & Information Sciences Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks computer and information sciences programs across the country. The following shows how MDC performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The computer and information sciences major at MDC 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
Best Value General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	12
Most Popular General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	171
Best General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	199
	262
Most Popular General Computer Science Schools	275
	346
Most Focused General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	500
Most Focused General Computer Science Schools	807

Computer and Information Sciences Student Demographics at MDC

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

MDC General Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 33 students earned a bachelor's degree in computer and information sciences from MDC. About 24% of these graduates were women and the other 76% were men. The typical computer and information sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at MDC since its program graduates 1% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 52% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer and information sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	3
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

MDC 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

• Information Technology

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 FL, the home state for Miami Dade College.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Computer Systems Analysts	24,970	$85,050
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	18,780	$79,070
Computer and Information Systems Managers	16,920	$129,540
Computer Workers	11,060	$78,900
Computer Network Architects	10,280	$91,180

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.