Information Technology at Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute

Every information technology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the IT program at Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute stacks up to those at other schools.

SIPI is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and approximately 450 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.

SIPI Information Technology Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in IT

SIPI Information Technology Rankings

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

IT Student Demographics at SIPI

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the IT majors at Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute.

SIPI Information Technology Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of IT associate's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in IT only graduates about 22% women each year. The program at SIPI may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 11% more women than average.

SIPI does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in IT graduates 62% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute with a associate's in IT.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Concentrations Within Information Technology

If you plan to be a IT major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management/Manager	6

Related Majors

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 NM, the home state for Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Managers	2,850	$96,490
Computer User Support Specialists	2,250	$43,190
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	1,820	$76,700
Computer Network Support Specialists	1,450	$59,190
Computer Workers	1,250	$79,540

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.