General Computer Engineering at Boston University

What traits are you looking for in a general computer engineering school? To help you decide if Boston University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's general computer engineering program.

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 General Computer Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Boston U General Computer Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Computer Engineering
• Master’s Degree in General Computer Engineering

Boston U General Computer Engineering Rankings

The general computer engineering major at Boston U is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Computer Engineering. 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 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in general computer engineering, making the school the #18 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Computer Engineering Student Demographics at Boston U

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

Boston U General Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 74% of general computer engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 26% went to women. The typical general computer engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at Boston U since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general computer engineering 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 general computer engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	21
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	25
International Students	30
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Boston U General Computer Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of general computer engineering master's degrees went to men and 0% 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 general computer engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

Careers That General Computer Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in general computer engineering 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
Architectural and Engineering Managers	8,190	$156,250
Computer Network Architects	6,000	$121,700
Engineering Professors	1,880	$135,140

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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