Computer Science at Dominican University

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 Dominican University stacks up to those at other schools.

Dominican U is located in River Forest, Illinois and approximately 3,189 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students received a bachelor's degree in compsci from Dominican U.

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.

Dominican U Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CompSci

Dominican U Computer Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the compsci progam at Dominican U 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 Dominican U 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	174
Best Value Computer Science Schools	328
Most Popular Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	417

How Much Do CompSci Graduates from Dominican U Make?

The median salary of compsci students who receive their bachelor's degree at Dominican U is $60,883. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $63,247 for all compsci students.

CompSci Student Demographics at Dominican U

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

Dominican U Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 12 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in compsci from Dominican U in 2021, 92% were men and 8% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% 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 Dominican University with a bachelor's in compsci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Dominican U also has a doctoral program available in compsci. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Information Science
• Computer Software & Applications
• 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 IL, the home state for Dominican University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Software Applications Developers	30,500	$96,610
Computer and Information Systems Managers	17,770	$143,900
Systems Software Developers	17,130	$108,570
Computer Programmers	11,350	$91,860

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 HalloweenHJB under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.