Find Affordable College Courses

What Do You Want to Study?

Computer Science at West Virginia University

Computer Science at West Virginia University

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

WVU is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and has a total student population of 26,269.

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.

WVU Computer Science Degrees Available

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

WVU Computer Science Rankings

The computer science major at WVU 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 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in computer science, making the school the #80 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computer Science Student Demographics at WVU

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

WVU Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

21% Women
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 79% of computer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 21% went to women.

undefined

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in computer science at WVU 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 West Virginia University with a bachelor's in computer science.

undefined
Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 58
International Students 5
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

WVU Computer Science Master’s Program

6% Women
6% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 94% of computer science master's degrees went to men and 6% went to women.

undefined

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

undefined
Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 6
International Students 10
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 WV, the home state for West Virginia University.

Occupation Jobs in WV Average Salary in WV
Computer Workers 2,380 $83,660
Software Applications Developers 1,110 $87,490
Computer and Information Systems Managers 810 $119,430
Computer Network Support Specialists 720 $56,550
Computer Programmers 460 $83,160

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.

Find Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited colleges across the U.S.