Computer Science at Boston University

If you are interested in studying computer science, you may want to check out the program at Boston University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Boston U is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 32,718.

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 U Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
• Master’s Degree in Computer Science

Boston U Computer Science Rankings

The computer science major at Boston U 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.

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in computer science, making the school the #49 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computer Science Student Demographics at Boston U

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

Boston U Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 68% of computer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 32% 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 U since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

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

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	68
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	65
International Students	108
Other Races/Ethnicities	27

Boston U Computer Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 78% of computer science master's degrees went to men and 22% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	12
International Students	184
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

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 University.

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 Cmcnicoll at English Wikipedia under License

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