General Computer & Information Sciences at Palomar College

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

Palomar College is located in San Marcos, California and approximately 21,141 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.

Palomar College General Computer & Information Sciences Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Computer and Information Sciences

Palomar College General Computer & Information Sciences Rankings

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Computer and Information Sciences Student Demographics at Palomar College

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

Palomar College General Computer & Information Sciences Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of computer and information sciences associate's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in computer and information sciences only graduates about 23% women each year. The program at Palomar College may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 14% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in computer and information sciences at Palomar College are white. Around 63% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree. Palomar College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in computer and information sciences graduates 4% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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

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 CA, the home state for Palomar College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Computer Workers	74,690	$103,270
Computer Systems Analysts	67,950	$103,930
Computer and Information Systems Managers	63,640	$180,250
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	36,900	$97,810
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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.