Computer Science at Clark Atlanta University

If you are interested in studying computer science, you may want to check out the program at Clark Atlanta University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

CAU is located in Atlanta, Georgia and approximately 3,776 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students received a bachelor's degree in compsci from CAU.

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.

CAU Computer Science Degrees Available

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

CAU Computer Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the compsci progam at CAU 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 CAU 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 Popular Computer Science Master’s Degree Schools	206
Most Focused Computer Science Schools	244
Most Focused Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	298
Most Popular Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	377

In 2021, 7 students received their master’s degree in compsci from CAU. This makes it the #206 most popular school for compsci master’s degree candidates in the country.

CompSci Student Demographics at CAU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the compsci majors at Clark Atlanta University.

CAU Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 15 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in compsci from CAU in 2021, 60% were men and 40% were women. The typical compsci bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at CAU since its program graduates 17% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 45% 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 Clark Atlanta University with a bachelor's in compsci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

CAU Computer Science Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students earned a master's degree in compsci from CAU. About 29% of these graduates were women and the other 71% were men.

In the compsci master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 71% of degree recipients. That is 36% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

CAU 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 GA, the home state for Clark Atlanta University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Software Applications Developers	30,440	$105,240
Computer Workers	21,500	$90,140
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,990	$143,930
Systems Software Developers	12,910	$105,100
Computer Network Support Specialists	6,620	$70,820

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 Bubba73 (Jud McCranie) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.