Computer Science at Dartmouth College

If you plan to study computer science, take a look at what Dartmouth College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Dartmouth is located in Hanover, New Hampshire and approximately 6,292 students attend the school each year.

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 Computer Science
• Master’s Degree in Computer Science

Dartmouth Computer Science Rankings

The computer science 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.

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

Computer Science Student Demographics at Dartmouth

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

Dartmouth Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 74% of computer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 26% 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 Dartmouth since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	32
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	54
International Students	32
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Dartmouth Computer Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 84% of computer science master's degrees went to men and 16% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	8
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 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

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