Computer applications are utilized by administrative and support personnel in almost every organization. Programming opportunities exist in government and private organizations. Network administration opportunities exist throughout business, industry, and government. Sacramento has over 600 High Technology companies that hire computer science graduates to program, make web pages or be a network specialist. Jobs in computer information science are located throughout northern California, in large and small organizations located in urban suburban, and rural areas.
Telecommuting is a growing segment of the job market, especially for contract programmers.
Sacramento has over 600 companies that hire computer scientists because their business is a high technology business. For example, a degree in Computer Information Science includes 60 units of college work. Thus, it is not necessary to own a computer to complete a program in Computer Information Science. Programming classes tend to be 18-weeks in length. New classes begin every six to nine weeks.