Computer & Information Sciences at University of California - Berkeley

63% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

What traits are you looking for in a computer & information sciences school? To help you decide if University of California - Berkeley is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's computer & information sciences program.

UC Berkeley is located in Berkeley, California and approximately 42,327 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computer & Information Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

UC Berkeley Computer & Information Sciences Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer & Information Sciences
Master’s Degree in Computer & Information Sciences

UC Berkeley Computer & Information Sciences Rankings

The computer & information sciences major at UC Berkeley is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer & Information Sciences. 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 54 students who received their doctoral degrees in computer & information sciences, making the school the #8 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computer & Information Sciences Student Demographics at UC Berkeley

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer & information sciences majors at University of California - Berkeley.

UC Berkeley Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Program

35% Women

63% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 65% of computer & information sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 35% went to women. The typical computer & information sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% women. So female students are more repesented at UC Berkeley since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer & information sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Berkeley with a bachelor's in computer & information sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	920
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	89
White	197
International Students	365
Other Races/Ethnicities	143

UC Berkeley Computer & Information Sciences Master’s Program

40% Women

45% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of computer & information sciences master's degrees went to men and 40% went to women.

In the computer & information sciences master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 45% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Berkeley with a master's in computer & information sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	186
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	54
White	166
International Students	138
Other Races/Ethnicities	49

Concentrations Within Computer & Information Sciences

Computer & Information Sciences majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of California - Berkeley. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Science	856
Computer Information Systems	614
Information Science	373

Careers That Computer & Information Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer & information sciences 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 University of California - Berkeley.

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 User Support Specialists	70,510	$66,350
Computer Systems Analysts	67,950	$103,930

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
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