General Computer & Information Sciences at Northeastern University

45% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

Every general computer & information sciences school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the computer and information sciences program at Northeastern University stacks up to those at other schools.

Northeastern is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 22,905.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Computer & Information Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

Northeastern General Computer & Information Sciences Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer and Information Sciences
Master’s Degree in Computer and Information Sciences

Northeastern General Computer & Information Sciences Rankings

The computer and information sciences major at Northeastern is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Computer & Information Sciences. 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 15 students who received their doctoral degrees in computer and information sciences, making the school the #19 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computer and Information Sciences Student Demographics at Northeastern

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer and information sciences majors at Northeastern University.

Northeastern General Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Program

32% Women

45% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 68% of computer and information sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 32% went to women. The typical computer and information sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Northeastern since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer and information sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	174
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	30
White	235
International Students	63
Other Races/Ethnicities	45

Northeastern General Computer & Information Sciences Master’s Program

44% Women

15% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 56% of computer and information sciences master's degrees went to men and 44% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	82
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	82
International Students	569
Other Races/Ethnicities	19

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Careers That Computer and Information Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer and information sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Northeastern University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Computer and Information Systems Managers	17,820	$156,620
Computer Systems Analysts	14,790	$94,510
Computer Workers	11,190	$92,110
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	8,880	$91,470
Computer Network Architects	6,000	$121,700

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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