Computer Science at Virginia State University

Every computer science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the computer science program at Virginia State University stacks up to those at other schools.

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 Computer Science
• Master’s Degree in Computer Science

Virginia State Computer Science Rankings

The computer science 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.

Computer Science Student Demographics at Virginia State

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

Virginia State Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 70% of computer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 30% 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 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 computer science 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 computer science.

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 computer science master's degrees went to men and 46% went to women.

In the computer science 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 computer science.

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

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 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

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