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Computer Science at Vanderbilt University

Computer Science at Vanderbilt University

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

Vanderbilt is located in Nashville, Tennessee and approximately 13,537 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.

Vanderbilt Computer Science Degrees Available

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

Vanderbilt Computer Science Rankings

The computer science 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 computer science, making the school the #60 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computer Science Student Demographics at Vanderbilt

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

Vanderbilt Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

31% Women
37% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 69% of computer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 31% went to women. The typical computer science 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.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer science 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 computer science.

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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

19% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 81% of computer science master's degrees went to men and 19% went to women.

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

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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

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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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