Computer Science at Vanderbilt University

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

Vanderbilt is located in Nashville, Tennessee and has a total student population of 13,537.

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.

Vanderbilt Computer Science Degrees Available

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

Vanderbilt Computer Science Rankings

The compsci major at Vanderbilt 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 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in compsci, making the school the #60 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

CompSci Student Demographics at Vanderbilt

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

Vanderbilt Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 69% of compsci bachelor's degrees went to men and 31% went to women. The typical compsci bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Vanderbilt since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Vanderbilt University with a bachelor's in compsci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	52
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	67
International Students	46
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

Vanderbilt Computer Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 81% of compsci master's degrees went to men and 19% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	33
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Computer Science

Computer Science majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Vanderbilt University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Science	229

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 TN, the home state for Vanderbilt University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Software Applications Developers	5,870	$87,630
Computer and Information Systems Managers	5,610	$118,660
Systems Software Developers	4,940	$92,700
Computer Workers	4,510	$74,000
Computer Programmers	4,090	$82,400

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 Dansan4444 under License

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