Computer Science at Dickinson 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 Dickinson College stacks up to those at other schools.

Dickinson is located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 1,932. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students received a bachelor's degree in compsci from Dickinson.

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.

Dickinson Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CompSci

Dickinson Computer Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the compsci progam at Dickinson 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 Dickinson 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	208
Most Focused Computer Science Schools	291
Most Popular Computer Science Schools	490

CompSci Student Demographics at Dickinson

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

Dickinson Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 15 compsci students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Dickinson, about 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 Dickinson since its program graduates 17% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Dickinson 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 PA, the home state for Dickinson College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Software Applications Developers	28,260	$96,370
Computer Workers	19,010	$87,040
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,070	$146,860
Computer Programmers	8,990	$85,800
Systems Software Developers	8,810	$103,520

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 JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.