Careers and Opportunities
Associate Degree in Computer Science
Salary
Computer and Information Research Scientists, $111,892
Computer and Information Systems Managers, $132,463
Computer Hardware Engineers, $113,438
Network Architects, $110,559
Network Support Specialists, $59,516
Numerically Controlled Tool Operators, $38,251
Numerically Controlled Tool Programmer, $38,251
Computer Occupations, All Other, $76,86
Computer Programmers, $88,579
Computer Science Teacher, Postsecondar, $99,925
Computer Systems Analysts, $85,631
Computer User Support Specialists, $57,887
Mathematical Science Teacher, Postsecondary, $99,925
Network and Computer Systems Administrators, $85,550
Source: EMSI, 2021.1 dataset for San Bernardino and Riverside counties
Career Info
An associate of science in computer science degree can prepare you for entry-level employment within the Information Technology field or for further study to pursue a bachelor’s degree. There are many growing fields related to computer science, including information security analysis, bioinformatics, game programming, medicine, communications, forensics and law.
Potential Careers
- Technical support
- Network support
- PC technician
- Programmer
- Network architect
- Network administrator
- Database administrator
- System analyst
- Program analyst
- IT administrator
- Software engineer
- Software developer
- Web developer
- Information security analyst
- IT manager
- Computer and information research scientist
