Harper launches artificial intelligence and cloud computing degree program

Skip to content   https://www.harpercollege.edu/about/news/images/AIDegree-thumb.jpg Harper College Home Page About Us News & Stories Archives 2025 Harper launches artificial intelligence and cloud computing degree program Harper launches artificial intelligence and cloud computing degree program Harper College News Bureau November 3, 2025 November 3, 2025 Harper College has launched the Artificial Intelligence and Cloud Computing degree program to put students at the leading edge of innovation in generative AI and cloud computing and prepare them to create, repair and maintain AI systems. The two-year program began with Harper’s Innovation Accelerator, which develops and deploys emerging technology programs to meet regional employment needs, and was created with input from Harper’s Business and Industry Leadership Team (BILT) advisory council and Harper faculty. It has evolved into a credit program offering an Associate in Applied Science degree.  Graduates of the program will be prepared for careers such as AI technology specialist, junior data scientist, prompt engineer and cloud security analyst. Related roles have an average salary of more than $100,000, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Because the bureau does not yet track specific wage data for many of these emerging careers, the figures are estimates based on current industry trends. “I think one of the things that we do well at Harper is identifying career opportunities, and we do that by looking ...