Computer Science at Occidental College

77% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

Every computer science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the compsci program at Occidental College stacks up to those at other schools.

Oxy is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 1,839 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.

Oxy Computer Science Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in CompSci

Oxy Computer Science Rankings

The compsci major at Oxy 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.

CompSci Student Demographics at Oxy

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

Oxy Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

39% Women

77% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 61% of compsci bachelor's degrees went to men and 39% went to women. The typical compsci bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Oxy since its program graduates 15% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 42% 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 Occidental College with a bachelor's in compsci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Computer Science

The following compsci concentations are available at Occidental College. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Occidental College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Science	18

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 CA, the home state for Occidental College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Systems Software Developers	88,910	$131,700
Computer Workers	74,690	$103,270
Computer and Information Systems Managers	63,640	$180,250
Computer Programmers	29,740	$97,470

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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