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  • Level-up your learning and graduate with multiple credentials. Your first year in the program, you will earn Gateway’s Computer Support Technician technical diploma.
  • Experiment with technology as you disassemble, troubleshoot, repair, set up and configure devices, automate operating system installation, write instructional guides and train end users.
  • Benefit from project-based learning in core classes, service learning, student organizations and study abroad classes that let you solve real-world problems in a global context.
  • Prepare for career advancement. Earn certificates that can make you more marketable as you complete your degree, and benefit from articulation agreements that make transferring into a bachelor’s degree program simple.
  • Benefit from articulation agreements that allow you to transfer into a bachelor’s degree program.
Program Credits
61
LOCATION
Racine Campus
Financial Aid Eligible
Yes
ESTIMATED PROGRAM COST
Tuition & Fees: $10,385
Books and Supplies: $4,874
Start Dates
Fall
Salary Outlook
$56,805
Career Opportunities:
Technical Support Specialist, Desktop Support Specialist, IT Support Specialist, Computer Support Specialist

IT – Computer Support Specialist Career Pathway

Career Pathways are designed to help you reach your educational goals and explore college and career options. Pathways are made up of related certificates, diplomas and degrees that build on common skills and knowledge. You can begin at any point on the Career Pathway and customize your pathway to fit your goals. View the pathway for your area of interest.

There are many opportunities, both in high school and through previous college, work, and/or military experience, to earn credit for prior learning at Gateway.

Technical diplomas help students learn hands-on occupational skills in as little as one or two years for full-time students. Technical diploma opportunities in this pathway include:

IT – Computer Support Technician

Associate degrees are typically completed in two years by full-time students and combine hands-on technical skills with general education. Associate degree opportunities in this pathway include:

IT – Computer Support Specialist

Prepare to enter your exciting new career, or choose to continue your education with another Gateway program or by transferring your credits to a four-year college or university.