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Information Technology at Southwest Tennessee Community College

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Information Technology at Southwest Tennessee Community College

What traits are you looking for in a IT school? To help you decide if Southwest Tennessee Community College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's IT program.

Southwest is located in Memphis, Tennessee and approximately 7,371 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.

Southwest Information Technology Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in IT

Southwest Information Technology Rankings

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IT Student Demographics at Southwest

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

Southwest Information Technology Associate’s Program

42% Women
58% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 58% of IT associate's degrees went to men and 42% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in IT only graduates about 27% women each year. The program at Southwest may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 15% more women than average.

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Southwest does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in IT graduates 19% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 8
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 10
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 TN, the home state for Southwest Tennessee Community College.

Occupation Jobs in TN Average Salary in TN
Computer Systems Analysts 9,520 $77,330
Software Applications Developers 5,870 $87,630
Computer and Information Systems Managers 5,610 $118,660
Systems Software Developers 4,940 $92,700
Computer Network Architects 2,150 $102,030

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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