Computer Science at Washington and Lee University

40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

What traits are you looking for in a computer science school? To help you decide if Washington and Lee University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's computer science program.

Washington and Lee is located in Lexington, Virginia and approximately 2,183 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.

Washington and Lee Computer Science Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Washington and Lee Computer Science Rankings

The computer science major at Washington and Lee 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 Washington and Lee

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

Washington and Lee Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

35% Women

40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 65% of computer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 35% 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 Washington and Lee since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Washington and Lee University with a bachelor's in computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	6
International Students	6
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 Washington and Lee 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
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