Computer Science at Boston College

Every computer science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the compsci program at Boston College stacks up to those at other schools.

Boston College is located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts and approximately 14,934 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 128 compsci majors received their bachelor's degree from Boston College.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computer Science section at the bottom of this page.

Boston College Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CompSci

Boston College Computer Science Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks compsci programs across the country. The following shows how Boston College performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The compsci major at Boston College is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer Science. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	31

Earnings of Boston College CompSci Graduates

The median salary of compsci students who receive their bachelor's degree at Boston College is $89,714. This is 42% higher than $63,247, which is the national average for all compsci bachelor's degree recipients.

CompSci Student Demographics at Boston College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the compsci majors at Boston College.

Boston College Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 128 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in compsci from Boston College. About 65% were men and 35% were women. The typical compsci bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at Boston College since its program graduates 12% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its compsci bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Boston College with a bachelor's in compsci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	29
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	51
International Students	23
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Boston College also has a doctoral program available in compsci. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Information Technology
• Information Science

Careers That CompSci Grads May Go Into

A degree in compsci can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Boston College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Software Applications Developers	29,110	$109,130
Systems Software Developers	25,540	$117,760
Computer and Information Systems Managers	17,820	$156,620
Computer Workers	11,190	$92,110
Computer Programmers	4,420	$95,380

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Harvey D. Egan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.