Computer Software & Applications at Purdue University - Main Campus

If you are interested in studying computer software & applications, you may want to check out the program at Purdue University - Main Campus. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and approximately 46,655 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computer Software & Applications section at the bottom of this page.

Purdue Computer Software & Applications Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Software
• Master’s Degree in Computer Software

Purdue Computer Software & Applications Rankings

The computer software major at Purdue is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer Software & Applications. 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.

Computer Software Student Demographics at Purdue

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer software majors at Purdue University - Main Campus.

Purdue Computer Software & Applications Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of computer software bachelor's degrees went to men and 43% went to women.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in computer software at Purdue 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 Purdue University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in computer software.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	18
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	104
International Students	23
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

Purdue Computer Software & Applications Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of computer software master's degrees went to men and 43% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Purdue University - Main Campus with a master's in computer software.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	24
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Computer Software & Applications

The following computer software concentations are available at Purdue University - Main Campus. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Purdue University - Main Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Graphics	250

Related Majors

• Computer Information Systems
• Computer Science

Careers That Computer Software Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer software can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Software Applications Developers	9,770	$88,570
Computer Programmers	5,010	$80,850
Graphic Designers	3,740	$45,030
Web Developers	1,690	$59,870
Database Administrators	1,570	$74,340

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 Abhijitsathe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.