Computer Science at Boston College

33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study computer science, take a look at what Boston College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Boston College is located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts and approximately 14,934 students attend the school each year.

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 Computer Science

Boston College Computer Science Rankings

The computer science 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.

Computer Science Student Demographics at Boston College

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

Boston College Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

31% Women

33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 69% of computer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 31% went to women. The typical computer science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Boston College since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	28
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	62
International Students	24
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

Careers That Computer Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer science 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

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