Computer Science at California State University - Northridge

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 California State University - Northridge stacks up to those at other schools.

CSUN is located in Northridge, California and has a total student population of 40,381.

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.

CSUN Computer Science Degrees Available

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

CSUN Computer Science Rankings

The compsci major at CSUN 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.

CompSci Student Demographics at CSUN

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

CSUN Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of compsci bachelor's degrees went to men and 20% went to 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 State University - Northridge with a bachelor's in compsci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	53
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	93
White	75
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	23

CSUN Computer Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 66% of compsci master's degrees went to men and 34% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	53
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Computer Science

If you plan to be a compsci major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from California State University - Northridge. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Science	228

Related Majors

• 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 State University - Northridge.

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 Cbl62 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.