Computer & Information Sciences at University of South Carolina - Upstate

What traits are you looking for in a computer and information sciences school? To help you decide if University of South Carolina - Upstate is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's computer and information sciences program.

USC Upstate is located in Spartanburg, South Carolina and approximately 6,038 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,139 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of South Carolina - Upstate in 2021, 68 of them were computer and information sciences majors.

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

USC Upstate Computer & Information Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer & Information Sciences

USC Upstate Computer & Information Sciences Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks computer and information sciences programs across the country. The following shows how USC Upstate performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The computer and information sciences major at USC Upstate is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	549
Best Computer & Information Sciences Schools	610
Most Popular Computer & Information Sciences Schools	709

Computer & Information Sciences Student Demographics at USC Upstate

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

USC Upstate Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Program

Of the 68 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Computer & Information Sciences from USC Upstate in 2020-2021, 75% were men and 25% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 South Carolina - Upstate with a bachelor's in computer and information sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	19
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	33
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

USC Upstate also has a doctoral program available in computer and information sciences. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Computer & Information Sciences

If you plan to be a computer and information sciences major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of South Carolina - Upstate. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Information Systems	51
Information Science	17

Related Majors

• Engineering
• Physical Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Engineering Technologies
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Careers That Computer & 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 SC, the home state for University of South Carolina - Upstate.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Computer Systems Analysts	7,140	$80,200
Computer User Support Specialists	6,730	$47,040
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	5,780	$75,630
Software Applications Developers	4,580	$90,830
Computer and Information Systems Managers	3,070	$120,720

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 Dfscgt21 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.