Computer Science at The City College of New York

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

CCNY is located in New York, New York and approximately 15,227 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 131 computer science majors received their bachelor's degree from CCNY.

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.

CCNY Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
• Master’s Degree in Computer Science

CCNY Computer Science Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The computer science major at CCNY 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 Graduate Certificate Schools	19
Most Popular General Computer Science Graduate Certificate Schools	19
Most Popular General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	79
Best Value General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	90
Most Popular General Computer Science Schools	109
Most Focused General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	118
	119
Best Value General Computer Science Schools	153
Most Focused General Computer Science Schools	174
	185
Best Value General Computer Science Master’s Degree Schools	186
Best General Computer Science Master’s Degree Schools	190
	228
Most Popular General Computer Science Master’s Degree Schools	229
Most Focused General Computer Science Master’s Degree Schools	236
Best General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	292
Best General Computer Science Schools	338

In 2021, 4 students received their master’s degree in computer science from CCNY. This makes it the #229 most popular school for computer science master’s degree candidates in the country.

Computer Science Student Demographics at CCNY

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer science majors at The City College of New York.

CCNY Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 131 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from CCNY in 2020-2021, 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 CCNY since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 34% 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 The City College of New York with a bachelor's in computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	58
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	23
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

CCNY Computer Science Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 computer science majors earned their master's degree from CCNY. Of these graduates, 50% were men and 50% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The City College of New York with a master's in computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

CCNY 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 NY, the home state for The City College of New York.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Software Applications Developers	52,640	$116,830
Computer and Information Systems Managers	27,070	$190,310
Systems Software Developers	19,690	$115,120
Computer Programmers	15,380	$91,250
Computer Network Support Specialists	12,930	$79,200

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 Elsie140 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.