Computer Science at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

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. In 2021, 417 compsci majors received their bachelor's degree from UW Seattle.

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

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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Computer Science Master’s Degree Schools	191

In 2021, 53 students received their master’s degree in compsci from UW Seattle. This makes it the #66 most popular school for compsci master’s degree candidates in the country.

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.

Earnings of UW Seattle CompSci Graduates

The median salary of compsci students who receive their bachelor's degree at UW Seattle is $101,710. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 61% higher than the national average of $63,247 for all compsci bachelor's degree recipients.

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

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of compsci bachelor's degrees went to men and 29% went to women. The typical compsci bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at UW Seattle since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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	128
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	129
International Students	105
Other Races/Ethnicities	41

UW Seattle Computer Science Master’s Program

Of the 53 compsci students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UW Seattle, about 70% were men and 30% were 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	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	41
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UW Seattle 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
• Information Science
• Computer Information Systems

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.