Computer Science at Philander Smith College

If you are interested in studying computer science, you may want to check out the program at Philander Smith College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Philander Smith is located in Little Rock, Arkansas and has a total student population of 799. Of the 146 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Philander Smith College in 2021, 3 of them were computer science majors.

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.

Philander Smith Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CompSci

Philander Smith Computer Science Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks compsci programs across the country. The following shows how Philander Smith 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 Philander Smith 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	260
Most Focused Computer Science Schools	351
Most Popular Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	584
Most Popular Computer Science Schools	789

CompSci Student Demographics at Philander Smith

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

Philander Smith Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students earned a bachelor's degree in compsci from Philander Smith. About 67% of these graduates were women and the other 33% were men. The typical compsci bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at Philander Smith since its program graduates 44% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 65% 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 Philander Smith College with a bachelor's in compsci.

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

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

Related Majors

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 AR, the home state for Philander Smith College.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
Software Applications Developers	3,910	$87,960
Computer and Information Systems Managers	2,360	$109,890
Computer Programmers	1,910	$71,540
Computer Network Support Specialists	1,770	$46,170
Systems Software Developers	1,190	$85,830

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.