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Computer & Information Sciences at Northwestern University

Computer & Information Sciences at Northwestern University

Every 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 & information sciences program at Northwestern University stacks up to those at other schools.

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and approximately 22,603 students attend the school each year.

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

Northwestern Computer & Information Sciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer & Information Sciences
  • Master’s Degree in Computer & Information Sciences

Northwestern Computer & Information Sciences Rankings

The computer & information sciences major at Northwestern is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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 14 students who received their doctoral degrees in computer & information sciences, making the school the #62 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computer & Information Sciences Student Demographics at Northwestern

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

Northwestern Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Program

28% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 72% of computer & information sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 28% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer & information sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 67
Black or African American 9
Hispanic or Latino 21
White 71
International Students 30
Other Races/Ethnicities 19

Northwestern Computer & Information Sciences Master’s Program

31% Women
31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 69% of computer & information sciences master's degrees went to men and 31% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 64
Black or African American 8
Hispanic or Latino 8
White 45
International Students 144
Other Races/Ethnicities 16

Concentrations Within Computer & Information Sciences

Computer & Information Sciences majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Northwestern University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Science 227
Information Science 100
Computer Information Systems 25

Careers That Computer & Information Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer & 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 IL, the home state for Northwestern University.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Software Applications Developers 30,500 $96,610
Computer Systems Analysts 28,130 $89,370
Computer User Support Specialists 24,920 $53,020
Computer and Information Systems Managers 17,770 $143,900
Systems Software Developers 17,130 $108,570

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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