Computational Science at University of Rochester

If you are interested in studying computational science, you may want to check out the program at University of Rochester. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

University of Rochester is located in Rochester, New York and approximately 11,741 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,035 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Rochester in 2021, 56 of them were computational science majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computational Science section at the bottom of this page.

University of Rochester Computational Science Degrees Available

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

University of Rochester Computational Science Rankings

The computational science major at University of Rochester is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computational 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.

In 2021, 34 students received their master’s degree in computational science from University of Rochester. This makes it the #9 most popular school for computational science master’s degree candidates in the country.

Computational Science Student Demographics at University of Rochester

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

University of Rochester Computational Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 56 computational science students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from University of Rochester, about 64% were men and 36% were women. The typical computational science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% women. So female students are more repesented at University of Rochester since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	8
International Students	40
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

University of Rochester Computational Science Master’s Program

Of the 34 students who earned a master's degree in Computational Science from University of Rochester in 2020-2021, 56% were men and 44% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	24
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

University of Rochester also has a doctoral program available in computational science. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Sustainability Science
• Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

Careers That Computational Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in computational 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 NY, the home state for University of Rochester.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Professors	6,440	$112,000
Natural Sciences Managers	1,360	$148,460

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 Tomwsulcer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.