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Computer Science at University of Maryland - College Park

Computer Science at University of Maryland - College Park

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

UMCP is located in College Park, Maryland and approximately 40,709 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.

UMCP Computer Science Degrees Available

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

UMCP Computer Science Rankings

The computer science major at UMCP 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 29 students who received their doctoral degrees in computer science, making the school the #8 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computer Science Student Demographics at UMCP

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

UMCP Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

21% Women
54% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 79% of computer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 21% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 Maryland - College Park with a bachelor's in computer science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 343
Black or African American 56
Hispanic or Latino 37
White 298
International Students 58
Other Races/Ethnicities 81

UMCP Computer Science Master’s Program

25% Women
36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 75% of computer science master's degrees went to men and 25% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 18
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 16
International Students 24
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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland - College Park.

Occupation Jobs in MD Average Salary in MD
Systems Software Developers 15,430 $119,860
Computer Workers 13,720 $113,330
Software Applications Developers 12,780 $108,850
Computer and Information Systems Managers 10,590 $154,870
Computer Network Support Specialists 8,130 $73,360

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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