General Computer & Information Sciences at University of Pennsylvania

If you are interested in studying general computer & information sciences, you may want to check out the program at University of Pennsylvania. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UPenn is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 26,552.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Computer & Information Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

UPenn General Computer & Information Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer and Information Sciences
• Master’s Degree in Computer and Information Sciences

UPenn General Computer & Information Sciences Rankings

The computer and information sciences major at UPenn is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Computer & Information Sciences. 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 17 students who received their doctoral degrees in computer and information sciences, making the school the #14 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computer and Information Sciences Student Demographics at UPenn

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer and information sciences majors at University of Pennsylvania.

UPenn General Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 66% of computer and information sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 34% went to women. The typical computer and information sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at UPenn since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer and information sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	71
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	50
International Students	36
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

UPenn General Computer & Information Sciences Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of computer and information sciences master's degrees went to men and 37% went to women.

In the computer and information sciences master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 39% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	216
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	103
International Students	231
Other Races/Ethnicities	34

Related Majors

• Artificial Intelligence

Careers That Computer and Information Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer and information sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Computer Systems Analysts	21,910	$95,990
Computer Workers	19,010	$87,040
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,070	$146,860
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	12,760	$77,700
Computer Network Architects	7,120	$101,090

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 WestCoastivieS under License

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