Information Technology at St Petersburg College

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

SPC is located in Clearwater, Florida and approximately 26,430 students attend the school each year. Of the 140 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from St Petersburg College in 2021, 140 of them were information technology majors.

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.

SPC Information Technology Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in IT (Less Than 1 Year)
• Associate’s Degree in IT
• Bachelor’s Degree in IT

Online Classes Are Available at SPC

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, SPC does offer online courses in IT for the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree
• Bachelor’s Degree

SPC Information Technology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IT progam at SPC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The IT major at SPC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Information Technology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Online Information Technology Basic Certificate Schools	5
Most Popular Online Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8
Most Popular Information Technology Basic Certificate Schools	13
Most Popular Information Technology Schools	13
Most Popular Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13
Best Value Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	18
Best Value Information Technology Basic Certificate Schools	46
Best Information Technology Basic Certificate Schools	52
Most Focused Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	53
Best Value Information Technology Associate Degree Schools	64
Most Focused Information Technology Basic Certificate Schools	76
Best Value Information Technology Schools	88
Best Information Technology Associate Degree Schools	90
Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	94
	96
	96
Most Focused Information Technology Schools	113
	133
Most Focused Information Technology Associate Degree Schools	224
	304

Earnings of SPC IT Graduates

The median salary of IT students who receive their bachelor's degree at SPC is $48,790. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $51,250 for all IT students.

IT Student Demographics at SPC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the IT majors at St Petersburg College.

SPC Information Technology Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 88% of IT associate's degrees went to men and 13% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in IT at SPC are white. Around 61% 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 St Petersburg College with a associate's in IT.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	39
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

SPC Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 140 students earned a bachelor's degree in IT from SPC. About 31% of these graduates were women and the other 69% were men. The typical IT bachelor's degree program is made up of only 22% women. So female students are more repesented at SPC since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in IT at SPC are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from St Petersburg College with a bachelor's in IT.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	92
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

SPC also has a doctoral program available in IT. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Information Technology

Information Technology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at St Petersburg College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Information Technology Management	140
Computer & IS Security	47
Network & System Administration/Administrator	17

Related Majors

• Computer Information Systems
• Computer Software & Applications
• Computer Programming

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 FL, the home state for St Petersburg College.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Computer User Support Specialists	41,560	$49,260
Managers	23,160	$99,240
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	18,780	$79,070
Computer and Information Systems Managers	16,920	$129,540
Computer Workers	11,060	$78,900

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
• Image Credit: By John O’Neill under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.