Computer Science at University of San Diego

If you plan to study computer science, take a look at what University of San Diego has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

USD is located in San Diego, California and approximately 8,861 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,672 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of San Diego in 2021, 38 of them were computer science majors.

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.

USD Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CompSci

USD Computer Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the compsci progam at USD compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The compsci major at USD 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	48

How Much Do CompSci Graduates from USD Make?

The median salary of compsci students who receive their bachelor's degree at USD is $83,862. This is 33% higher than $63,247, which is the national average for all compsci bachelor's degree recipients.

CompSci Student Demographics at USD

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

USD Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 38 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from USD in 2020-2021, 66% were men and 34% were women. The typical compsci bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at USD since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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 San Diego with a bachelor's in compsci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	19
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

USD also has a doctoral program available in compsci. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Information Technology

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 CA, the home state for University of San Diego.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Systems Software Developers	88,910	$131,700
Computer Workers	74,690	$103,270
Computer and Information Systems Managers	63,640	$180,250
Computer Programmers	29,740	$97,470

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 Walleigh under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.