Launch Your Career in Data and Software Without the Transfer Hassle
Green River's Data Analytics and Software Development pathway offers a hands-on, career-focused education that prepares you for today’s most in-demand tech roles. Begin with a two-year associate degree designed to build a solid technical foundation in programming, data analytics, and web technologies skills that are in high demand across industries. Then continue seamlessly into our applied bachelor’s degree program for advanced coursework in software development, data, AI, cloud computing, and agile methodologies.
This four-year path, completed entirely at Green River, offers the outcomes of a university education for a community college price, all without the stress of transferring. Whether you’re developing cutting-edge apps or uncovering insights from complex datasets, you’ll graduate ready to solve real-world challenges and launch a rewarding career in tech.
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Josh Archer
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Andy Orr
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Bachelor Degree Options

Information Technology: Software Development, BAS
Length of Program: 180 credits
Average Salary: $123,191
Location: Auburn Center
Approx. Cost (per term): $3705 (includes tuition/fees/books)
Associate Degree Options

Data Analytics and Software Development, AAS-T Business Management Track
Data analysts collect, transform, analyze, and visualize data to communicate results
that inform and guide decision making. The Data Analytics and Software Development
program prepares students to become data practitioners.
Location: Main Campus and Auburn Center

Data Analytics and Software Development, AAS-T Software Development Track
Data analysts collect, transform, analyze, and visualize data to communicate results
that inform and guide decision making.
Length of Program: 90 Credits
Average Salary: $124,132
Location: Main Campus and Auburn Center
Career Outlook
Data Analytics and Software Development are exciting and fast-growing fields in technology. Companies today use data to make smart decisions, and they need people who know how to collect, understand, and explain that data. They also need software developers to create the apps, websites, and tools that help people every day.
With a degree in this field, you could become a data analyst, software developer, or even help design the next big tech idea. These jobs are in high demand and usually offer great pay and lots of career options.
If you like solving problems, working with computers, and building things that people use, Data Analytics and Software Development could be the right path for you.
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