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. Of the 9,572 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California State University - Northridge in 2021, 214 of them were computer science majors.

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

Each year, College Factual ranks compsci programs across the country. The following shows how CSUN 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Computer Science Schools	135
Best Computer Science Master’s Degree Schools	153
Most Focused Computer Science Master’s Degree Schools	232
Most Focused Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	296

In 2021, 14 students received their master’s degree in compsci from CSUN. This makes it the #167 most popular school for compsci master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of CSUN CompSci Graduates

The median salary of compsci students who receive their bachelor's degree at CSUN is $64,782. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 2% higher than the national average of $63,247 for all compsci bachelor's degree recipients.

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, 83% of compsci bachelor's degrees went to men and 17% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% 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	2
Hispanic or Latino	55
White	61
International Students	16
Other Races/Ethnicities	27

CSUN Computer Science Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students earned a master's degree in compsci from CSUN. About 43% of these graduates were women and the other 57% were men.

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	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

CSUN also has a doctoral program available in compsci. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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.