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. Of the 2,365 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Vanderbilt University in 2021, 197 of them were computer science majors.

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
• Doctorate Degree in CompSci

Vanderbilt Computer Science Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Computer Science Doctor’s Degree Schools	11
Best Computer Science Master’s Degree Schools	12
Best Value Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	154

In 2021, 26 students received their master’s degree in compsci from Vanderbilt. This makes it the #115 most popular school for compsci master’s degree candidates in the country.

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.

Earnings of Vanderbilt CompSci Graduates

The median salary of compsci students who receive their bachelor's degree at Vanderbilt is $101,714. 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 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

The compsci program at Vanderbilt awarded 197 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 73% of these degrees went to men with the other 27% going to women. The typical compsci bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at Vanderbilt since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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	45
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	64
International Students	52
Other Races/Ethnicities	22

Vanderbilt Computer Science Master’s Program

Of the 26 students who earned a master's degree in Computer Science from Vanderbilt in 2020-2021, 85% were men and 15% were 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	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Vanderbilt also has a doctoral program available in compsci. In 2021, 6 students 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 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

More about our data sources and methodologies.