Computer Science at Washington University in St Louis

If you plan to study computer science, take a look at what Washington University in St Louis has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

WUSTL is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and approximately 15,449 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.

WUSTL Computer Science Degrees Available

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

WUSTL Computer Science Rankings

The computer science major at WUSTL 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.

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in computer science, making the school the #42 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computer Science Student Demographics at WUSTL

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer science majors at Washington University in St Louis.

WUSTL Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 72% of computer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 28% 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 WUSTL since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	26
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	72
International Students	44
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

WUSTL Computer Science Master’s Program

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

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	16
International Students	110
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 MO, the home state for Washington University in St Louis.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Software Applications Developers	15,380	$93,880
Computer Workers	7,010	$82,610
Systems Software Developers	6,440	$94,140
Computer Network Support Specialists	5,720	$55,910
Computer Programmers	5,630	$76,530

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 Bachrach44 under License

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