Computer Science at Carleton College

What traits are you looking for in a compsci school? To help you decide if Carleton College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's compsci program.

Carleton is located in Northfield, Minnesota and has a total student population of 1,940. Of the 517 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Carleton College in 2021, 54 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.

Carleton Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CompSci

Carleton Computer Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the compsci progam at Carleton compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The compsci major at Carleton 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
Most Focused Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	12
Most Focused Computer Science Schools	27
Best Computer Science Schools	35
Most Popular Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	174
Most Popular Computer Science Schools	216
Best Value Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	237
Best Value Computer Science Schools	309

How Much Do CompSci Graduates from Carleton Make?

The median salary of compsci students who receive their bachelor's degree at Carleton is $76,876. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 22% higher than the national average of $63,247 for all compsci bachelor's degree recipients.

CompSci Student Demographics at Carleton

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the compsci majors at Carleton College.

Carleton Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 54 compsci majors earned their bachelor's degree from Carleton. Of these graduates, 61% were men and 39% were women. The typical compsci bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at Carleton since its program graduates 16% more women than average.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in compsci at Carleton are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Carleton College with a bachelor's in compsci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	32
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

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 MN, the home state for Carleton College.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Software Applications Developers	19,970	$96,750
Computer and Information Systems Managers	9,510	$143,300
Systems Software Developers	6,460	$110,460
Computer Workers	6,200	$81,650
Computer Programmers	4,520	$86,710

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 Dogs1337 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.