Computer Science at Allegheny College

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

Allegheny is located in Meadville, Pennsylvania and approximately 1,667 students attend the school each year. Of the 21 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Allegheny College in 2021, 19 of them were computer science majors.

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.

Allegheny Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Allegheny Computer Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the computer science progam at Allegheny compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The computer science major at Allegheny 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	72
Most Focused General Computer Science Schools	119
Most Popular General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	321
Most Popular General Computer Science Schools	421

Computer Science Student Demographics at Allegheny

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer science majors at Allegheny College.

Allegheny Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 19 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in computer science from Allegheny in 2021, 74% were men and 26% were women. The typical computer science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at Allegheny since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in computer science at Allegheny 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 Allegheny College with a bachelor's in computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

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 PA, the home state for Allegheny College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Software Applications Developers	28,260	$96,370
Computer Workers	19,010	$87,040
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,070	$146,860
Computer Programmers	8,990	$85,800
Systems Software Developers	8,810	$103,520

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 Joshtys under License

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