Computer Science at Dickinson College

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

Dickinson is located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 1,932. Of the 15 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Dickinson College in 2021, 15 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.

Dickinson Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Dickinson Computer Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the computer science progam at Dickinson 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 Dickinson 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	208
Most Focused General Computer Science Schools	291
Most Popular General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	377
Most Popular General Computer Science Schools	490

Computer Science Student Demographics at Dickinson

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

Dickinson Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students earned a bachelor's degree in computer science from Dickinson. About 40% of these graduates were women and the other 60% were men. The typical computer science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at Dickinson since its program graduates 17% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Dickinson 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 Dickinson 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 JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.