General Computer & Information Sciences at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

What traits are you looking for in a computer and information sciences school? To help you decide if Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's computer and information sciences program.

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is located in Perkinston, Mississippi and approximately 8,677 students attend the school each year.

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.

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College General Computer & Information Sciences Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Computer and Information Sciences

Online Classes Are Available at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College offers distance education options for computer and information sciences at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College 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 Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

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

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College General Computer & Information Sciences Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of computer and information sciences associate's degrees went to men and 33% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in computer and information sciences at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College are white. Around 67% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

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

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 MS, the home state for Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Computer Systems Analysts	2,010	$66,790
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	1,270	$75,000
Computer and Information Systems Managers	1,150	$100,300
Computer Workers	670	$81,280
Database Administrators	400	$75,020

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.