Computer Science at Dominican University

What traits are you looking for in a computer science school? To help you decide if Dominican University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's computer science program.

Dominican U is located in River Forest, Illinois and has a total student population of 3,189. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students received a bachelor's degree in computer science from Dominican U.

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.

Dominican U Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Dominican U Computer Science Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks computer science programs across the country. The following shows how Dominican U 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 Dominican U 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
Best General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	174
Best General Computer Science Schools	193
	216
Best Value General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	254
	264
Best Value General Computer Science Schools	328
Most Focused General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	389
Most Popular General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	417
Most Focused General Computer Science Schools	491
Most Popular General Computer Science Schools	546

Computer Science Student Demographics at Dominican U

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

Dominican U Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 12 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in computer science from Dominican U in 2021, 92% were men and 8% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% 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 Dominican University with a bachelor's in computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Dominican U 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 IL, the home state for Dominican University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Software Applications Developers	30,500	$96,610
Computer and Information Systems Managers	17,770	$143,900
Systems Software Developers	17,130	$108,570
Computer Programmers	11,350	$91,860

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 HalloweenHJB under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.