Computer Science at Seattle Pacific University

What traits are you looking for in a compsci school? To help you decide if Seattle Pacific University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's compsci program.

SPU is located in Seattle, Washington and approximately 3,601 students attend the school each year. Of the 689 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Seattle Pacific University in 2021, 27 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.

SPU Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CompSci

SPU Computer Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the compsci progam at SPU 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 SPU 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
Best Computer Science Schools	87

Earnings of SPU CompSci Graduates

The median salary of compsci students who receive their bachelor's degree at SPU is $84,413. This is 33% higher than $63,247, which is the national average for all compsci bachelor's degree recipients.

CompSci Student Demographics at SPU

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

SPU Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 students earned a bachelor's degree in compsci from SPU. About 19% of these graduates were women and the other 81% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 Seattle Pacific University with a bachelor's in compsci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Computer Software & Applications
• Information Technology

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 WA, the home state for Seattle Pacific University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Software Applications Developers	53,860	$131,790
Systems Software Developers	16,130	$121,250
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,690	$159,290
Computer Workers	13,100	$91,620
Computer Programmers	9,670	$126,920

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 Westlake78 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.