Computer Science at Georgia State University

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

Georgia State is located in Atlanta, Georgia and approximately 36,360 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.

Georgia State Computer Science Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Computer Science (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
• Master’s Degree in Computer Science

Georgia State Computer Science Rankings

The computer science major at Georgia State 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 18 students who received their doctoral degrees in computer science, making the school the #23 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computer Science Student Demographics at Georgia State

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

Georgia State Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 74% of computer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 26% 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 Georgia State since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 39% 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 Georgia State University with a bachelor's in computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	139
Black or African American	83
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	59
International Students	30
Other Races/Ethnicities	21

Georgia State Computer Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of computer science master's degrees went to men and 46% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	88
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 GA, the home state for Georgia State University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Software Applications Developers	30,440	$105,240
Computer Workers	21,500	$90,140
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,990	$143,930
Systems Software Developers	12,910	$105,100
Computer Network Support Specialists	6,620	$70,820

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 Jayingram11 under License

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