Computer Science at Utah Valley University

If you are interested in studying computer science, you may want to check out the program at Utah Valley University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UVU is located in Orem, Utah and approximately 40,936 students attend the school each year.

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.

UVU Computer Science Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Computer Science
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
• Master’s Degree in Computer Science

UVU Computer Science Rankings

The computer science major at UVU 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.

Computer Science Student Demographics at UVU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer science majors at Utah Valley University.

UVU Computer Science Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 85% of computer science associate's degrees went to men and 15% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in computer science at UVU are white. Around 78% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Utah Valley University with a associate's in computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	21
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UVU Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 85% of computer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 15% went to women.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in computer science at UVU 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 Utah Valley University with a bachelor's in computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	71
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UVU Computer Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 78% of computer science master's degrees went to men and 22% went to women.

Of the students who received a computer science master's degree from UVU, 78% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Utah Valley University with a master's in computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Careers That Computer Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for UT, the home state for Utah Valley University.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Software Applications Developers	11,040	$99,070
Computer Workers	6,470	$76,890
Systems Software Developers	5,690	$106,040
Computer and Information Systems Managers	5,440	$121,570
Computer Programmers	3,400	$83,700

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 uvuphotos under License

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