Computer Science at University of Pennsylvania

Every computer science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the compsci program at University of Pennsylvania stacks up to those at other schools.

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 Computer Science section at the bottom of this page.

UPenn Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CompSci
• Master’s Degree in CompSci

UPenn Computer Science Rankings

The compsci major at UPenn 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.

CompSci Student Demographics at UPenn

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the compsci majors at University of Pennsylvania.

UPenn Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of compsci bachelor's degrees went to men and 43% went to women. The typical compsci bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at UPenn since its program graduates 20% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities in its compsci 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 compsci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	35
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	16
International Students	21
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UPenn Computer Science Master’s Program

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

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	34
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	24
International Students	129
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Computer Science

Computer Science majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Pennsylvania. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Science	199

Related Majors

• Computer Software & Applications
• Computer Information Systems

Careers That CompSci Grads May Go Into

A degree in compsci 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
Software Applications Developers	28,260	$96,370
Computer Workers	19,010	$87,040
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,070	$146,860
Computer Programmers	8,990	$85,800
Systems Software Developers	8,810	$103,520

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.