Computational Science at Michigan State University

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

Michigan State is located in East Lansing, Michigan and has a total student population of 49,695.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computational Science section at the bottom of this page.

Michigan State Computational Science Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Computational Science

Michigan State Computational Science Rankings

Computational Science Student Demographics at Michigan State

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

Michigan State Computational Science Master’s Program

Of the 5 computational science students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Michigan State, about 80% were men and 20% were women.

Of the students who received a computational science master's degree from Michigan State, 60% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Michigan State also has a doctoral program available in computational science. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Computational Science

Computational Science majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Michigan State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded

Related Majors

Careers That Computational Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in computational 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 MI, the home state for Michigan State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Computer Workers	10,900	$76,400
Natural Sciences Managers	1,570	$113,840

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 Jeffness under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.