Computer Science at Ursinus College

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

Ursinus is located in Collegeville, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 1,493. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students received a bachelor's degree in compsci from Ursinus.

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.

Ursinus Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CompSci

Ursinus Computer Science Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks compsci programs across the country. The following shows how Ursinus 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 compsci major at Ursinus 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	74
Most Focused Computer Science Schools	122
Most Popular Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	349

CompSci Student Demographics at Ursinus

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the compsci majors at Ursinus College.

Ursinus Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 compsci majors earned their bachelor's degree from Ursinus. Of these graduates, 82% were men and 18% were women.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in compsci at Ursinus are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Ursinus College with a bachelor's in compsci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

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 PA, the home state for Ursinus College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Software Applications Developers	28,260	$96,370
Computer Workers	19,010	$87,040
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,070	$146,860
Computer Programmers	8,990	$85,800
Systems Software Developers	8,810	$103,520

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 Pennaboy under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.