Computer Science at Claremont McKenna College

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

Claremont McKenna is located in Claremont, California and has a total student population of 1,264. Of the 17 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Claremont McKenna College in 2021, 17 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.

Claremont McKenna Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Claremont McKenna Computer Science Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks computer science programs across the country. The following shows how Claremont McKenna 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 Claremont McKenna 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	94
Most Focused General Computer Science Schools	152
Most Popular General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	349
Most Popular General Computer Science Schools	454

Computer Science Student Demographics at Claremont McKenna

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

Claremont McKenna Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 computer science majors earned their bachelor's degree from Claremont McKenna. Of these graduates, 65% were men and 35% were women. The typical computer science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at Claremont McKenna since its program graduates 12% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Claremont McKenna 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 CA, the home state for Claremont McKenna College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Systems Software Developers	88,910	$131,700
Computer Workers	74,690	$103,270
Computer and Information Systems Managers	63,640	$180,250
Computer Programmers	29,740	$97,470

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 Improve917 under License

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