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Computer Science at California State University - Chico

Computer Science at California State University - Chico

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

Chico State is located in Chico, California and approximately 16,746 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.

Chico State Computer Science Degrees Available

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

Chico State Computer Science Rankings

The computer science major at Chico State 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 Chico State

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

Chico State Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 100% of computer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

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About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in computer science at Chico State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 State University - Chico with a bachelor's in computer science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 9
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 10
White 36
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

Chico State Computer Science Master’s Program

36% Women
8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 64% of computer science master's degrees went to men and 36% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 2
International Students 20
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 State University - Chico.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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