Computer Science at Georgetown University

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

Georgetown is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 19,371 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.

Georgetown Computer Science Degrees Available

• Undergrad Certificate in Computer Science (1 - 4 Years)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
• Master’s Degree in Computer Science

Georgetown Computer Science Rankings

The computer science 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.

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

Computer Science Student Demographics at Georgetown

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

Georgetown Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 68% of computer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 32% 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 Georgetown since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer science 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 computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	28
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Georgetown Computer Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 77% of computer science master's degrees went to men and 23% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	25
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 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

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