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Computer Science at University of California - Riverside

Computer Science at University of California - Riverside

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

UCR is located in Riverside, California and has a total student population of 26,434.

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.

UCR Computer Science Degrees Available

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

UCR Computer Science Rankings

The computer science major at UCR 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 28 students who received their doctoral degrees in computer science, making the school the #9 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computer Science Student Demographics at UCR

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

UCR Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

17% Women
83% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 83% of computer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 17% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 48% 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 - Riverside with a bachelor's in computer science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 185
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 59
White 38
International Students 9
Other Races/Ethnicities 17

UCR Computer Science Master’s Program

22% Women
12% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 78% of computer science master's degrees went to men and 22% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 16
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 13
International Students 123
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

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 - Riverside.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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