Computer Science at University of Chicago

Every computer science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the computer science program at University of Chicago stacks up to those at other schools.

UChicago is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 17,834.

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.

UChicago Computer Science Degrees Available

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

UChicago Computer Science Rankings

The computer science major at UChicago 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 21 students who received their doctoral degrees in computer science, making the school the #18 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computer Science Student Demographics at UChicago

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

UChicago Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 70% of computer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 30% 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 UChicago since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% 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 Chicago with a bachelor's in computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	45
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	48
International Students	31
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

UChicago Computer Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 72% of computer science master's degrees went to men and 28% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	34
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	48
International Students	117
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

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 IL, the home state for University of Chicago.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Software Applications Developers	30,500	$96,610
Computer and Information Systems Managers	17,770	$143,900
Systems Software Developers	17,130	$108,570
Computer Programmers	11,350	$91,860

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 Leefon under License

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