Computer Science at Brandeis University

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 Brandeis University stacks up to those at other schools.

Brandeis is located in Waltham, Massachusetts and approximately 5,440 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.

Brandeis Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CompSci
• Master’s Degree in CompSci

Brandeis Computer Science Rankings

The compsci major at Brandeis 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 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in compsci, making the school the #95 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

CompSci Student Demographics at Brandeis

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

Brandeis Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 66% of compsci bachelor's degrees went to men and 34% went to women. The typical compsci bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Brandeis since its program graduates 10% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 Brandeis University with a bachelor's in compsci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	28
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	25
International Students	31
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Brandeis Computer Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of compsci master's degrees went to men and 40% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	32
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Computer Science

The following compsci concentations are available at Brandeis University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Brandeis University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Science	118

Related Majors

• Computer Programming
• Computer Software & Applications
• Computer Information Systems
• Information Technology

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 Brandeis 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 Mike Lovett under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.