Computational Science at Pennsylvania State University - World Campus

If you are interested in studying computational science, you may want to check out the program at Pennsylvania State University - World Campus. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computational Science section at the bottom of this page.

Penn State World Campus Computational Science Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Computational Science

Penn State World Campus Computational Science Rankings

Computational Science Student Demographics at Penn State World Campus

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computational science majors at Pennsylvania State University - World Campus.

Penn State World Campus Computational Science Master’s Program

31% Women

22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 69% of computational science master's degrees went to men and 31% went to women.

Of the students who received a computational science master's degree from Penn State World Campus, 65% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the computational science master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 22% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Pennsylvania State University - World Campus with a master's in computational science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	71
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Concentrations Within Computational Science

Computational Science 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 Pennsylvania State University - World Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded

Careers That Computational Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in computational science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Pennsylvania State University - World Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Computer Workers	19,010	$87,040
Natural Sciences Managers	4,480	$147,810

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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