Computer Science at Princeton University

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

Princeton is located in Princeton, New Jersey and approximately 7,853 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.

Princeton Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CompSci
• Master’s Degree in CompSci

Princeton Computer Science Rankings

The compsci major at Princeton 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.

There were 13 students who received their doctoral degrees in compsci, making the school the #34 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

CompSci Student Demographics at Princeton

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

Princeton Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

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 Princeton since its program graduates 15% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% 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 Princeton University with a bachelor's in compsci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	86
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	48
International Students	28
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

Princeton Computer Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 65% of compsci master's degrees went to men and 35% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	12
International Students	21
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Computer Science

If you plan to be a compsci major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Princeton University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Science	202

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 NJ, the home state for Princeton University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Software Applications Developers	46,930	$107,640
Computer and Information Systems Managers	14,280	$176,690
Computer Programmers	9,930	$85,750
Computer Workers	9,770	$99,210
Systems Software Developers	8,960	$123,370

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 Quantockgoblin under License

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