Computer Science at Rust College

If you are interested in studying computer science, you may want to check out the program at Rust College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Rust College is located in Holly Springs, Mississippi and approximately 623 students attend the school each year. Of the 102 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Rust College in 2021, 9 of them were computer science majors.

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.

Rust College Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CompSci

Rust College Computer Science Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks compsci programs across the country. The following shows how Rust College performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The compsci major at Rust College 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	18
Most Focused Computer Science Schools	37
Most Popular Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	459
Most Popular Computer Science Schools	600

CompSci Student Demographics at Rust College

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

Rust College Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 9 compsci students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Rust College, about 67% were men and 33% were women. The typical compsci bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at Rust College since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 65% 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 Rust College with a bachelor's in compsci.

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

Rust College also has a doctoral program available in compsci. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 MS, the home state for Rust College.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Computer and Information Systems Managers	1,150	$100,300
Computer Network Support Specialists	1,020	$66,110
Systems Software Developers	950	$86,360
Software Applications Developers	910	$85,470
Computer Programmers	880	$73,940

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 Fredlyfish4 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.