Computer & Information Sciences at Rhode Island School of Design

What traits are you looking for in a computer & information sciences school? To help you decide if Rhode Island School of Design is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's computer & information sciences program.

RISD is located in Providence, Rhode Island and has a total student population of 2,227.

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

RISD Computer & Information Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer & Information Sciences
• Master’s Degree in Computer & Information Sciences

RISD Computer & Information Sciences Rankings

The computer & information sciences major at RISD is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer & Information Sciences. 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 & Information Sciences Student Demographics at RISD

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer & information sciences majors at Rhode Island School of Design.

RISD Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 32% of computer & information sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 68% went to women. The typical computer & information sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% women. So female students are more repesented at RISD since its program graduates 41% more women than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rhode Island School of Design with a bachelor's in computer & information sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	20
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	19
International Students	32
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

RISD Computer & Information Sciences Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of computer & information sciences master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rhode Island School of Design with a master's in computer & information sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Computer & Information Sciences

The following computer & information sciences concentations are available at Rhode Island School of Design. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Rhode Island School of Design. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Software & Applications	77

Related Majors

Careers That Computer & Information Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer & information sciences 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 Rhode Island School of Design.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Software Applications Developers	1,840	$96,850
Computer Systems Analysts	1,810	$99,470
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	1,800	$90,600
Computer Workers	1,410	$81,290
Computer and Information Systems Managers	1,270	$146,550

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 DanielPenfield under License

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