Computer Science at Virginia State University

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

Virginia State is located in Petersburg, Virginia and has a total student population of 4,020.

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.

Virginia State Computer Science Degrees Available

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

Virginia State Computer Science Rankings

The compsci major at Virginia State 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.

CompSci Student Demographics at Virginia State

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

Virginia State Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 70% of compsci bachelor's degrees went to men and 30% went to women. The typical compsci bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Virginia State since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 58% 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 Virginia State University with a bachelor's in compsci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	25
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Virginia State Computer Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of compsci master's degrees went to men and 46% went to women.

In the compsci master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 92% of degree recipients. That is 57% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Computer Science

If you plan to be a compsci major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Virginia State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Science	27

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 VA, the home state for Virginia State University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Software Applications Developers	38,110	$113,690
Systems Software Developers	27,800	$119,860
Computer Workers	14,580	$105,270
Information Security Analysts	14,180	$111,780
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,450	$173,290

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 Kevin Coles under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.