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Computer Science at University of Iowa

Computer Science at University of Iowa

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

Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and approximately 30,318 students attend the school each year.

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.

Iowa Computer Science Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Iowa Computer Science Rankings

The computer science major at Iowa 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.

Computer Science Student Demographics at Iowa

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

Iowa Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

16% Women
28% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 84% of computer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 16% went to women.

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About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in computer science at Iowa are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 9
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 12
White 65
International Students 13
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

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 IA, the home state for University of Iowa.

Occupation Jobs in IA Average Salary in IA
Software Applications Developers 6,990 $88,570
Computer and Information Systems Managers 3,920 $126,560
Systems Software Developers 2,650 $91,920
Computer Network Support Specialists 2,420 $55,690
Computer Workers 2,350 $78,810

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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