Rio Salado College Computer Science Programs

Located in Tempe, Arizona, Rio Salado College is a public institution. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

Where Is Rio Salado College?

Contact details for Rio Salado College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2323 W 14Th St, Tempe, AZ 85281
Phone:	480-517-8000
Website:	www.rio.maricopa.edu

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Rio Salado College has an open admissions policy, so you don't have to worry about getting into the school if you have a high school diploma or its equivalent.

Can I Afford Rio Salado College?

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Rio Salado College, approximately 26% of students took out student loans averaging $4,710 a year. That adds up to $18,840 over four years for those students.

Rio Salado College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 15,682 undergraduate students at Rio Salado College, with 2,074 being full-time and 13,608 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,074 full-time undergraduates at Rio Salado College, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Rio Salado College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	97
Black or African American	106
Hispanic or Latino	571
White	1,059
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	238

Online Learning at Rio Salado College

In 2022-2023, 6,820 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Rio Salado College has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 9th most popular in Arizona for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Rio Salado College majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
General Computer Programming	20%
Information Systems	57%

Rio Salado College Computer Science Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
Computer Support Specialist	21	22	3	46
General Computer Programming	13	2	0	15
Web & Multimedia Design	5	4	5	14
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	0	0	10	10
Information Systems	1	5	1	7
App Specific Computer Programming	4	1	0	5
Computer & IS Security	1	2	1	4
Computer Science	0	2	0	2
Information Technology	0	1	0	1
General Data Entry/Microcomputer Applications	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	45	39	20	104

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.