Computer Science at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

56% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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 Washington - Seattle Campus stacks up to those at other schools.

UW Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and has a total student population of 48,149.

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.

UW Seattle Computer Science Degrees Available

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

UW Seattle Computer Science Rankings

The compsci major at UW Seattle 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.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in compsci, making the school the #110 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

CompSci Student Demographics at UW Seattle

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

UW Seattle Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

34% Women

56% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 66% of compsci bachelor's degrees went to men and 34% went to women. The typical compsci bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at UW Seattle since its program graduates 10% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% 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 Washington - Seattle Campus with a bachelor's in compsci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	226
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	121
International Students	77
Other Races/Ethnicities	43

UW Seattle Computer Science Master’s Program

53% Women

7% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 47% of compsci master's degrees went to men and 53% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	50
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Computer Science

If you plan to be a compsci 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 Washington - Seattle Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Science	470

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 WA, the home state for University of Washington - Seattle Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Software Applications Developers	53,860	$131,790
Systems Software Developers	16,130	$121,250
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,690	$159,290
Computer Workers	13,100	$91,620
Computer Programmers	9,670	$126,920

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 Joe Mabel under License

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