Computer Science at Providence College

31% 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 Providence College stacks up to those at other schools.

Providence is located in Providence, Rhode Island and approximately 4,821 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.

Providence Computer Science Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in CompSci

Providence Computer Science Rankings

The compsci major at Providence 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 Providence

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

Providence Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

38% Women

31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 62% of compsci bachelor's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. The typical compsci bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Providence since its program graduates 15% more women than average.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in compsci at Providence are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Providence College with a bachelor's in compsci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Providence College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Science	10

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 RI, the home state for Providence College.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Software Applications Developers	1,840	$96,850
Computer Workers	1,410	$81,290
Computer and Information Systems Managers	1,270	$146,550
Computer Network Support Specialists	1,100	$56,400

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 John Phelan under License

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