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Computer Science at University of Pennsylvania

Computer Science at University of Pennsylvania

If you are interested in studying computer science, 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 Computer Science section at the bottom of this page.

UPenn Computer Science Degrees Available

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

UPenn Computer Science Rankings

The computer science 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.

Computer Science Student Demographics at UPenn

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

UPenn Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

43% Women
51% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 57% of computer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 43% went to women. The typical computer science 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.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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 Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in computer science.

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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

37% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 63% of computer science master's degrees went to men and 37% went to women.

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

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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

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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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