Computer Science at University of Massachusetts Amherst

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

UMass Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and approximately 31,642 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.

UMass Amherst Computer Science Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UMass Amherst

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UMass Amherst offers distance education options for computer science at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UMass Amherst Computer Science Rankings

The computer science major at UMass Amherst 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 16 students who received their doctoral degrees in computer science, making the school the #25 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computer Science Student Demographics at UMass Amherst

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

UMass Amherst Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 82% of computer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 18% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Massachusetts Amherst with a bachelor's in computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	141
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	162
International Students	126
Other Races/Ethnicities	41

UMass Amherst Computer Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of computer science master's degrees went to men and 46% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	26
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	30
International Students	224
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

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 MA, the home state for University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Software Applications Developers	29,110	$109,130
Systems Software Developers	25,540	$117,760
Computer and Information Systems Managers	17,820	$156,620
Computer Workers	11,190	$92,110
Computer Programmers	4,420	$95,380

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 Lion Hirth under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.