Computer Science at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

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

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is located in San Luis Obispo, California and has a total student population of 22,440.

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.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Computer Science Degrees Available

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

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Computer Science Rankings

The computer science major at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 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 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer science majors at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 77% of computer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 23% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo with a bachelor's in computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	54
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	85
International Students	23
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 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.

In the computer science master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo with a master's in computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	12
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 CA, the home state for California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo.

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 Daderot under License

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