Computer Science at California Lutheran University

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

CLU is located in Thousand Oaks, California and approximately 4,027 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 29 compsci majors received their bachelor's degree from CLU.

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.

CLU Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CompSci

CLU Computer Science Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks compsci programs across the country. The following shows how CLU 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 CLU 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
Best Computer Science Schools	203
	238
Most Focused Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	245
Most Focused Computer Science Schools	332
Best Value Computer Science Schools	396

Earnings of CLU CompSci Graduates

The median salary of compsci students who receive their bachelor's degree at CLU is $63,247. This is about the same as the yearly salary of allcompsci bachelor's degree recipients across the nation.

CompSci Student Demographics at CLU

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

CLU Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 29 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in compsci from CLU in 2021, 93% were men and 7% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% 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 California Lutheran University with a bachelor's in compsci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	9
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

CLU 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
• Computer Information Systems

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 CA, the home state for California Lutheran University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Systems Software Developers	88,910	$131,700
Computer Workers	74,690	$103,270
Computer and Information Systems Managers	63,640	$180,250
Computer Programmers	29,740	$97,470

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 Niceley under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.