Computer Science at Catholic University of America

What traits are you looking for in a computer science school? To help you decide if Catholic University of America is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's computer science program.

CUA is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a total student population of 5,366.

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.

CUA Computer Science Degrees Available

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

CUA Computer Science Rankings

The computer science major at CUA 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.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in computer science, making the school the #80 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computer Science Student Demographics at CUA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer science majors at Catholic University of America.

CUA Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 70% of computer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 30% went to women. The typical computer science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at CUA since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Catholic University of America with a bachelor's in computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

CUA Computer Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of computer science master's degrees went to men and 33% went to women.

Of the students who received a computer science master's degree from CUA, 61% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the computer science master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 39% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Catholic University of America with a master's in computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 DC, the home state for Catholic University of America.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Computer Workers	18,040	$117,540
Computer and Information Systems Managers	4,020	$168,500
Systems Software Developers	2,690	$115,610
Software Applications Developers	2,520	$112,510
Information Security Analysts	1,660	$118,080

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 Gryffindor under License

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