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Basic Certificates in General Computer & Information Sciences

7,058 Yearly Graduations
23% Women
31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
This degree is more popular with male students, and about 31% of recent graduates were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 1.7% of computer and information sciences graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Computer and Information Sciences Majors

In 2020-2021, 7,058 earned their basic certificate in computer and information sciences. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in computer and information sciences at each degree level.

Education Level Number of Grads
Bachelor’s Degree 25,963
Master’s Degree 11,283
Basic Certificate 7,058
Associate Degree 5,561
Undergraduate Certificate 825
Doctor’s Degree 776
Graduate Certificate 215

Earnings of Computer and Information Sciences Majors With Basic Certificates

At this time, we do not have the data to estimate the median earnings for this class of people.

Student Debt

We do not have the data to estimate the median debt for this class of people.

Student Diversity

More men than women pursue basic certificates in computer and information sciences. About 77.2% of graduates in this field are male.

Gender Number of Grads
Men 5,449
Women 1,609
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The racial-ethnic distribution of computer and information sciences basic certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 437
Black or African American 580
Hispanic or Latino 914
White 4,604
International Students 122
Other Races/Ethnicities 401
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Below are some popular majors that are similar to computer and information sciences that offer basic certificates.

Major Annual Degrees Awarded
Information Technology 5,925
Informatics 78
Other Computer Sciences 47
Artificial Intelligence 11

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

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