Computer Science at Howard University

68% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Howard is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 10,859 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.

Howard Computer Science Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Howard Computer Science Rankings

The computer science major at Howard 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 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in computer science, making the school the #80 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computer Science Student Demographics at Howard

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

Howard Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

41% Women

68% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of computer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 41% 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 Howard since its program graduates 17% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% 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 Howard University with a bachelor's in computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	29
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	1
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

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 Howard 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
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