Computer Science at Stanford University

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

Stanford is located in Stanford, California and has a total student population of 15,953.

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.

Stanford Computer Science Degrees Available

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

Stanford Computer Science Rankings

The computer science major at Stanford 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.

There were 36 students who received their doctoral degrees in computer science, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computer Science Student Demographics at Stanford

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer science majors at Stanford University.

Stanford Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of computer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 37% went to women. The typical computer science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Stanford since its program graduates 13% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer science bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor's in computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	104
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	43
White	56
International Students	43
Other Races/Ethnicities	30

Stanford Computer Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 65% of computer science master's degrees went to men and 35% went to women.

In the computer science master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 47% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Stanford University with a master's in computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	116
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	28
White	81
International Students	121
Other Races/Ethnicities	27

Careers That Computer Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for Stanford University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Systems Software Developers	88,910	$131,700
Computer Workers	74,690	$103,270
Computer and Information Systems Managers	63,640	$180,250
Computer Programmers	29,740	$97,470

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 Pere Joan under License

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