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Computer Science at Wake Forest University

Computer Science at Wake Forest University

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

Wake Forest University is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and has a total student population of 8,789.

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.

Wake Forest University Computer Science Degrees Available

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

Wake Forest University Computer Science Rankings

The computer science major at Wake Forest University 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 Wake Forest University

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

Wake Forest University Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

34% Women
16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 66% of computer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 34% 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 Wake Forest University since its program graduates 10% more women than average.

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About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in computer science at Wake Forest University are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 8
White 35
International Students 21
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Wake Forest University Computer Science Master’s Program

17% Women
For the most recent academic year available, 83% of computer science master's degrees went to men and 17% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 1
International Students 5
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 NC, the home state for Wake Forest University.

Occupation Jobs in NC Average Salary in NC
Software Applications Developers 30,580 $103,280
Computer and Information Systems Managers 12,740 $142,330
Systems Software Developers 7,070 $105,760
Computer Programmers 6,210 $94,570
Computer Workers 5,940 $88,650

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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