Computer Science at Eastern Illinois University

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

EIU is located in Charleston, Illinois and has a total student population of 8,626. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students received a bachelor's degree in computer science from EIU.

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.

EIU Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

EIU Computer Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the computer science progam at EIU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 EIU 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 Value General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	33
Best Value General Computer Science Schools	74
Best General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	243
	250
Best General Computer Science Schools	271
	300
Most Popular General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	524
Most Focused General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	623
Most Popular General Computer Science Schools	704
Most Focused General Computer Science Schools	824

Computer Science Student Demographics at EIU

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

EIU Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of computer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. The typical computer science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at EIU since its program graduates 17% more women than average.

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

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

EIU 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 Eastern Illinois 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 Nyttend under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.