Computer Science at Dartmouth College

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 Dartmouth College stacks up to those at other schools.

Dartmouth is located in Hanover, New Hampshire and approximately 6,292 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,384 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College in 2021, 109 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.

Dartmouth Computer Science Degrees Available

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

Dartmouth Computer Science Rankings

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

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 Dartmouth 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 Computer Science Master’s Degree Schools	10
	13
	19
Best Value Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	146
Best Value Computer Science Schools	218

In 2021, 23 students received their master’s degree in compsci from Dartmouth. This makes it the #123 most popular school for compsci master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in compsci, making the school the #42 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do CompSci Graduates from Dartmouth Make?

The median salary of compsci students who receive their bachelor's degree at Dartmouth is $111,259. This is 76% higher than $63,247, which is the national average for all compsci bachelor's degree recipients.

CompSci Student Demographics at Dartmouth

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

Dartmouth Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

The compsci program at Dartmouth awarded 109 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 76% of these degrees went to men with the other 24% going to women. The typical compsci bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at Dartmouth since its program graduates 1% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 Dartmouth College with a bachelor's in compsci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	32
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	38
International Students	21
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Dartmouth Computer Science Master’s Program

The compsci program at Dartmouth awarded 23 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 57% of these degrees went to men with the other 43% going to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Dartmouth also has a doctoral program available in compsci. In 2021, 9 students 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 NH, the home state for Dartmouth College.

Occupation	Jobs in NH	Average Salary in NH
Software Applications Developers	6,540	$110,740
Computer and Information Systems Managers	2,450	$147,440
Systems Software Developers	1,510	$126,790
Computer Programmers	1,350	$75,680
Computer Workers	1,010	$112,440

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 Kane5187 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.