Computational Science at Washington State University

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

Wazzu is located in Pullman, Washington and has a total student population of 31,159. Of the 205 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Washington State University in 2021, 19 of them were computational science majors.

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.

Wazzu Computational Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computational Science

Wazzu Computational Science Rankings

The computational science major at Wazzu is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computational 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.

Computational Science Student Demographics at Wazzu

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

Wazzu Computational Science Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 19 computational science majors earned their bachelor's degree from Wazzu. Of these graduates, 63% were men and 37% were women. The typical computational science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% women. So female students are more repesented at Wazzu since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in computational science at Wazzu 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 Washington State University with a bachelor's in computational science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Wazzu 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

If you plan to be a computational science major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Washington 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 WA, the home state for Washington State University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Computer Workers	13,100	$91,620
Natural Sciences Managers	1,810	$153,600
Professors	1,060	$74,330

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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