Computer Science at Saint Xavier University

If you plan to study computer science, take a look at what Saint Xavier University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SXU is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 3,764. In 2021, 15 compsci majors received their bachelor's degree from SXU.

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.

SXU Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CompSci

SXU Computer Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the compsci progam at SXU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The compsci major at SXU 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
	310
Most Focused Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	355
	363
Best Value Computer Science Schools	404
Most Focused Computer Science Schools	455

CompSci Student Demographics at SXU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the compsci majors at Saint Xavier University.

SXU Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 47% of compsci bachelor's degrees went to men and 53% went to women. The typical compsci bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at SXU since its program graduates 31% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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 Saint Xavier University with a bachelor's in compsci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Information Technology
• Information Science
• Computer Information Systems

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 IL, the home state for Saint Xavier University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Software Applications Developers	30,500	$96,610
Computer and Information Systems Managers	17,770	$143,900
Systems Software Developers	17,130	$108,570
Computer Programmers	11,350	$91,860

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 Brendanriley under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.