Computational Science at University of Central Florida

What traits are you looking for in a scientific computing school? To help you decide if University of Central Florida is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's scientific computing program.

UCF is located in Orlando, Florida and has a total student population of 71,881.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computational Science section at the bottom of this page.

UCF Computational Science Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Scientific Computing

UCF Computational Science Rankings

Scientific Computing Student Demographics at UCF

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the scientific computing majors at University of Central Florida.

UCF Computational Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of scientific computing master's degrees went to men and 52% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 34% women graduate in scientific computing each year. UCF does a better job at serving the female population as it supports 18% more women than average.

In the scientific computing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 22% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Central Florida with a master's in scientific computing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Careers That Scientific Computing Grads May Go Into

A degree in scientific computing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for FL, the home state for University of Central Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Professors	16,250	$61,440
Computer Workers	11,060	$78,900

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 Breezy Baldwin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.