The main focus area for this major is General Computer & Information Sciences. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Computer Information Systems is a major offered under the computer and information sciences program of study at Western Technical College. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the associate degree program in CIS, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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AS in Information Technologies
Gain the specialized knowledge and critical-thinking skills required to begin a career in tech with this online associate degree from Southern New Hampshire University.
One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Students who received their associate degree at Western Technical College in CIS walked away with an average of $23,128 in student debt. That is 19% higher than the national average of $19,378.
The median early career salary of CIS students who receive their associate degree from Western Technical College is $32,162 per year. That is 5% higher than the national average of $30,493.
Online degrees for the Western Technical College CIS associate degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Western Technical College Online Learning page.
Women made up around 10.1% of the CIS students who took home an associate degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 20.9%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 73.9% of the CIS associate degrees at Western Technical College in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 43%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 6 |
Hispanic or Latino | 39 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 |
White | 16 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 5 |
Computer Information Systems students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Computer & Information Sciences | 69 |
*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.