Student access to Excel

Excel on Students' Personal Devices

Excel is available as part of Microsoft Office, and current students can follow these directions for installing Microsoft Office. If you have questions with installing the software ask at the IT Helpdesk (250 Briggs Library).

Note that you will not have access to all of Excel's features when using a tablet or Chromebook, so if you need to use Excel in a class you should install the full version on your own computer, or use the version available on the computers in the campus computer labs.

Google sheets has improved in recent years, but is still not as fully featured as Excel, so should not be used when a class instructor is using Excel.  

Excel on Campus Computers

Excel is available on all the computers on campus (link to computer labs). If you need to use Excelfor a class, you can always access it on one of the computers in any of the computer labs on campus. 

Can You Use Excel After Graduation?

Microsoft Office is a paid program, however the majority of the skills you learn in Excel will translate directly to other spreadsheet software, two very common options are:

Why Is Excel Important?

Being able to manipulate and represent data is important in a wide variety of fields, and Excel is one of the most common and powerful spreadsheets used in industry and business. Excel's ability to record, visualize, and filter data make it an important tool for anyone who works with data to make decisions.