Computer Science at University of California - Davis

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

UC Davis is located in Davis, California and has a total student population of 39,074.

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.

UC Davis Computer Science Degrees Available

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

UC Davis Computer Science Rankings

The computer science major at UC Davis 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 12 students who received their doctoral degrees in computer science, making the school the #36 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computer Science Student Demographics at UC Davis

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

UC Davis Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 74% of computer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 26% 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 UC Davis since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% 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 University of California - Davis with a bachelor's in computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	217
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	62
International Students	80
Other Races/Ethnicities	31

UC Davis Computer Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of computer science master's degrees went to men and 29% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	74
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 University of California - Davis.

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 Bev Sykes under License

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