Computer Software & Applications at Rhode Island School of Design

Every computer software & applications school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the computer software program at Rhode Island School of Design stacks up to those at other schools.

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 Software & Applications section at the bottom of this page.

RISD Computer Software & Applications Degrees Available

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

RISD Computer Software & Applications Rankings

The computer software major at RISD 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 RISD

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

RISD Computer Software & Applications Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 32% of computer software bachelor's degrees went to men and 68% went to women. The typical computer software bachelor's degree program is made up of only 45% women. So female students are more repesented at RISD since its program graduates 22% 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 software.

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 Software & Applications Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of computer software 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 software.

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 Software & Applications

If you plan to be a computer software 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 Rhode Island School of Design. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Graphics	77

Related Majors

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 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
Graphic Designers	820	$58,720
Web Developers	430	$71,520
Database Administrators	410	$92,410

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.