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Computer Science at University of Massachusetts - Boston

Computer Science at University of Massachusetts - Boston

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

UMass Boston is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 16,259.

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 Boston Computer Science Degrees Available

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

UMass Boston Computer Science Rankings

The computer science major at UMass Boston 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 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in computer science, making the school the #71 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computer Science Student Demographics at UMass Boston

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

UMass Boston Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

21% Women
44% 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 9% 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 - Boston with a bachelor's in computer science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 17
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 8
White 25
International Students 13
Other Races/Ethnicities 7

UMass Boston Computer Science Master’s Program

28% Women
3% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 72% of computer science master's degrees went to men and 28% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 1
International Students 35
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 - Boston.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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