Computer Science at Franklin and Marshall College

If you plan to study computer science, take a look at what Franklin and Marshall College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Franklin and Marshall is located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and approximately 2,254 students attend the school each year. Of the 16 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Franklin and Marshall College in 2021, 16 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.

Franklin and Marshall Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Franklin and Marshall Computer Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the computer science progam at Franklin and Marshall 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 Franklin and Marshall 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	220
Most Focused General Computer Science Schools	303
Most Popular General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	367
Most Popular General Computer Science Schools	474

Computer Science Student Demographics at Franklin and Marshall

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

Franklin and Marshall Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

The computer science program at Franklin and Marshall awarded 16 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 75% of these degrees went to men with the other 25% going to women. The typical computer science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at Franklin and Marshall since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	2
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Franklin and Marshall 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 Franklin and Marshall 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 Smallbones under License

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