General Computer & Information Sciences at McDaniel College

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

McDaniel is located in Westminster, Maryland and has a total student population of 2,931. In 2021, 11 computer and information sciences majors received their bachelor's degree from McDaniel.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Computer & Information Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

McDaniel General Computer & Information Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer and Information Sciences

McDaniel General Computer & Information Sciences Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks computer and information sciences programs across the country. The following shows how McDaniel 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 and information sciences major at McDaniel is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Computer & Information Sciences. 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	309
Most Popular General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	327
Most Focused General Computer Science Schools	515
Most Popular General Computer Science Schools	517

Computer and Information Sciences Student Demographics at McDaniel

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer and information sciences majors at McDaniel College.

McDaniel General Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Program

Of the 11 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in computer and information sciences from McDaniel in 2021, 64% were men and 36% were women. The typical computer and information sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at McDaniel since its program graduates 13% more women than average.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in computer and information sciences at McDaniel are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer and information sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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

McDaniel also has a doctoral program available in computer and information sciences. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Computer and Information Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer and information sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MD, the home state for McDaniel College.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Computer Systems Analysts	18,340	$97,720
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	16,220	$108,190
Computer Workers	13,720	$113,330
Computer and Information Systems Managers	10,590	$154,870
Computer Network Architects	5,340	$121,720

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 Swissbeauty under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.