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Computer Science at Colby College

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

Colby is located in Waterville, Maine and has a total student population of 2,155. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 43 students received a bachelor's degree in computer science from Colby.

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.

Colby Computer Science Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Colby Computer Science Rankings

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

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Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The computer science major at Colby 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 46
Most Focused General Computer Science Schools 72
Most Popular General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools 209
Most Popular General Computer Science Schools 262

Computer Science Student Demographics at Colby

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

Colby Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

35% Women
21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 43 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in computer science from Colby in 2021, 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 Colby since its program graduates 12% more women than average.

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About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in computer science at Colby 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 Colby College with a bachelor's in computer science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 24
International Students 10
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Colby 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 ME, the home state for Colby College.

Occupation Jobs in ME Average Salary in ME
Software Applications Developers 2,270 $90,190
Computer and Information Systems Managers 1,350 $124,130
Computer Workers 890 $79,790
Computer Programmers 780 $84,830
Computer Network Support Specialists 720 $63,800

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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