Computer Science at George Washington University

40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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 George Washington University stacks up to those at other schools.

GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 27,017 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.

GWU Computer Science Degrees Available

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

GWU Computer Science Rankings

The compsci major at GWU 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 15 students who received their doctoral degrees in compsci, making the school the #28 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

CompSci Student Demographics at GWU

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

GWU Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

36% Women

40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 64% of compsci bachelor's degrees went to men and 36% went to women. The typical compsci bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at GWU since its program graduates 13% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 George Washington University with a bachelor's in compsci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	27
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

GWU Computer Science Master’s Program

19% Women

8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 81% of compsci master's degrees went to men and 19% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	98
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Computer Science

The following compsci concentations are available at George Washington University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from George Washington University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Science	243

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 DC, the home state for George Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Computer Workers	18,040	$117,540
Computer and Information Systems Managers	4,020	$168,500
Systems Software Developers	2,690	$115,610
Software Applications Developers	2,520	$112,510
Information Security Analysts	1,660	$118,080

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 Michiel1972 under License

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