Computer Science at Georgetown 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 Georgetown University stacks up to those at other schools.

Georgetown is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a total student population of 19,371. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 47 students received a bachelor's degree in compsci from Georgetown.

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.

Georgetown Computer Science Degrees Available

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

Georgetown Computer Science Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The compsci major at Georgetown 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 Popular Computer Science Undergraduate Certificate Schools	9
	29
Best Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	40
Most Popular Computer Science Doctor’s Degree Schools	70
Best Value Computer Science Doctor’s Degree Schools	71
Most Focused Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	567

In 2021, 34 students received their master’s degree in compsci from Georgetown. This makes it the #92 most popular school for compsci master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in compsci, making the school the #71 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Georgetown CompSci Graduates

The median salary of compsci students who receive their bachelor's degree at Georgetown is $93,493. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 48% higher than the national average of $63,247 for all compsci bachelor's degree recipients.

CompSci Student Demographics at Georgetown

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

Georgetown Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 47 compsci majors earned their bachelor's degree from Georgetown. Of these graduates, 47% were men and 53% were women. The typical compsci bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at Georgetown since its program graduates 30% more women than average.

About 51% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in compsci at Georgetown are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 Georgetown University with a bachelor's in compsci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	24
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Georgetown Computer Science Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 34 students earned a master's degree in compsci from Georgetown. About 21% of these graduates were women and the other 79% were men.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	28
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Georgetown also has a doctoral program available in compsci. In 2021, 4 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Information Technology

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 Georgetown 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 Lucas Cantor under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.