Computer Science at North Carolina State University

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

NC State is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and approximately 36,042 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.

NC State Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
• Master’s Degree in Computer Science

Online Classes Are Available at NC State

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? NC State offers distance education options for computer science at the following degree levels:

NC State Computer Science Rankings

The computer science major at NC 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 NC State

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

NC State Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 82% of computer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 18% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 North Carolina State University with a bachelor's in computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	79
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	131
International Students	29
Other Races/Ethnicities	24

NC State Computer Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 73% of computer science master's degrees went to men and 27% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	35
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	46
International Students	306
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 NC, the home state for North Carolina State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Software Applications Developers	30,580	$103,280
Computer and Information Systems Managers	12,740	$142,330
Systems Software Developers	7,070	$105,760
Computer Programmers	6,210	$94,570
Computer Workers	5,940	$88,650

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 Haruhide000 under License

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