Computer Science at University of Northwestern - St Paul

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

Northwestern is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and approximately 3,506 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students received a bachelor's degree in compsci from Northwestern.

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.

Northwestern Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CompSci

Northwestern Computer Science Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks compsci programs across the country. The following shows how Northwestern performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The compsci major at Northwestern 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	307
Most Popular Computer Science Schools	510

CompSci Student Demographics at Northwestern

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

Northwestern Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students earned a bachelor's degree in compsci from Northwestern. About 21% of these graduates were women and the other 79% were men.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in compsci at Northwestern 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 University of Northwestern - St Paul with a bachelor's in compsci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Northwestern also has a doctoral program available in compsci. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Information Science

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 MN, the home state for University of Northwestern - St Paul.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Software Applications Developers	19,970	$96,750
Computer and Information Systems Managers	9,510	$143,300
Systems Software Developers	6,460	$110,460
Computer Workers	6,200	$81,650
Computer Programmers	4,520	$86,710

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 Lawrence Albert Johnston under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.