Computer Science at Claflin University

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

Claflin is located in Orangeburg, South Carolina and approximately 2,048 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students received a bachelor's degree in computer science from Claflin.

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.

Claflin Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Claflin Computer Science Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks computer science programs across the country. The following shows how Claflin performed in these rankings.

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 Claflin 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	191
Most Focused General Computer Science Schools	270
Most Popular General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	417
Most Popular General Computer Science Schools	546

Computer Science Student Demographics at Claflin

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

Claflin Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of computer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical computer science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at Claflin since its program graduates 27% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 57% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer science bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Claflin 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 SC, the home state for Claflin University.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Software Applications Developers	4,580	$90,830
Computer and Information Systems Managers	3,070	$120,720
Computer Programmers	3,060	$81,940
Computer Network Support Specialists	2,590	$54,530
Systems Software Developers	2,280	$80,250

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 Ammodramus under License

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