Computer Science at Northwestern University

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

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and approximately 22,603 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 107 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
• Master’s Degree in CompSci
• Doctorate Degree in CompSci

Northwestern Computer Science 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.

In 2021, 106 students received their master’s degree in compsci from Northwestern. This makes it the #32 most popular school for compsci master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 14 students who received their doctoral degrees in compsci, making the school the #30 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do CompSci Graduates from Northwestern Make?

The median salary of compsci students who receive their bachelor's degree at Northwestern is $84,037. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 33% higher than the national average of $63,247 for all compsci bachelor's degree recipients.

CompSci Student Demographics at Northwestern

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

Northwestern Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 107 students earned a bachelor's degree in compsci from Northwestern. About 27% of these graduates were women and the other 73% were men. The typical compsci bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at Northwestern since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% more racial-ethnic minorities in its compsci 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 compsci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	31
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	40
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Northwestern Computer Science Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 106 compsci majors earned their master's degree from Northwestern. Of these graduates, 71% were men and 29% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	19
International Students	67
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Northwestern also has a doctoral program available in compsci. In 2021, 14 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Computer Information Systems
• 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 IL, the home state for Northwestern University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Software Applications Developers	30,500	$96,610
Computer and Information Systems Managers	17,770	$143,900
Systems Software Developers	17,130	$108,570
Computer Programmers	11,350	$91,860

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 Madcoverboy at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.