Computer Science at Grinnell College

18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Grinnell is located in Grinnell, Iowa and approximately 1,493 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.

Grinnell Computer Science Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in CompSci

Grinnell Computer Science Rankings

The compsci major at Grinnell 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.

CompSci Student Demographics at Grinnell

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

Grinnell Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

26% Women

18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 74% of compsci bachelor's degrees went to men and 26% went to women. The typical compsci bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Grinnell since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Grinnell College with a bachelor's in compsci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	22
International Students	27
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Computer Science

If you plan to be a compsci major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Grinnell College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Science	54

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 IA, the home state for Grinnell College.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Software Applications Developers	6,990	$88,570
Computer and Information Systems Managers	3,920	$126,560
Systems Software Developers	2,650	$91,920
Computer Network Support Specialists	2,420	$55,690
Computer Workers	2,350	$78,810

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
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