General Computer & Information Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University

If you plan to study general computer & information sciences, take a look at what Virginia Commonwealth University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and has a total student population of 29,070.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Computer & Information Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

VCU General Computer & Information Sciences Degrees Available

• Undergrad Certificate in Computer and Information Sciences (1 - 4 Years)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer and Information Sciences
• Master’s Degree in Computer and Information Sciences

VCU General Computer & Information Sciences Rankings

The computer and information sciences major at VCU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Computer & Information Sciences. 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 and Information Sciences Student Demographics at VCU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer and information sciences majors at Virginia Commonwealth University.

VCU General Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 69% of computer and information sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 31% went to women. The typical computer and information sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at VCU since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer and information sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a bachelor's in computer and information sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	36
Black or African American	19
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	47
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

VCU General Computer & Information Sciences Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of computer and information sciences master's degrees went to men and 57% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

Careers That Computer and Information Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer and information sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for VA, the home state for Virginia Commonwealth University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Computer Systems Analysts	26,800	$102,290
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	18,520	$93,860
Computer Workers	14,580	$105,270
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,450	$173,290
Computer Network Architects	9,700	$123,050

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
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