Computer Science at Longwood University

25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

What traits are you looking for in a compsci school? To help you decide if Longwood University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's compsci program.

Longwood is located in Farmville, Virginia and approximately 4,841 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.

Longwood Computer Science Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in CompSci

Longwood Computer Science Rankings

The compsci major at Longwood 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 Longwood

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

Longwood Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

31% Women

25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 69% of compsci bachelor's degrees went to men and 31% went to women. The typical compsci bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Longwood since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in compsci at Longwood are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	11
International Students	0
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 Longwood University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Science	12

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 VA, the home state for Longwood University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Software Applications Developers	38,110	$113,690
Systems Software Developers	27,800	$119,860
Computer Workers	14,580	$105,270
Information Security Analysts	14,180	$111,780
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,450	$173,290

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 Webster Geneva under License

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