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Job Placement

Salaries & Advancement:

Graduates of TSTC's Computer Maintenance Technology program earn excellent starting salaries, with an average of more than $33,000 per year. Graduates can increase earnings and upward mobility by moving into research and development, management or administrative positions. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports 1998 salary figures for computer support specialists ranging from a median of $37,120 per year to an upper level of more than $73,700 per year.

Technicians in Demand:

CMT graduates find career opportunities in small towns, metropolitan areas and everywhere in between. Anywhere you can find computers, you'll find the need for skilled computer maintenance technicians. In addition to salary data, the BLS reports the expectation that employment of computing professionals will increase “much faster than average as technology becomes more sophisticated and organizations continue to adopt and integrate these technologies.”

The Technical Advantage:

Computer Maintenance Technology students at TSTC use many types of equipment and software to gain the competitive edge. These include:

Diagnostic software;
Electronic test equipment including digital multi-meters;
Oscilloscopes, cable scanners, memory testers; and
Protocol and network analyzers.

Professional Associations:

Students are exposed to top industry professionals, like those in organizations such as the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM); the IEEE (Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers) Computer Society; USENIX, the Advanced Computing Systems Association; and CompTIA, the Computing Technology Industry Association.

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