General Computer & Information Sciences at Northwestern University

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

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and has a total student population of 22,603. Of the 168 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University in 2021, 3 of them were general computer and information sciences majors.

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.

Northwestern General Computer & Information Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer and Information Sciences

Northwestern General Computer & Information Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the computer and information sciences progam at Northwestern 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 and information sciences major at Northwestern 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
Best General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	17
	18
Best General Computer Science Schools	19
	35
Best Value General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	197
Best Value General Computer Science Schools	280
Most Popular General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	475
Most Focused General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	523
Most Popular General Computer Science Schools	749
Most Focused General Computer Science Schools	857

Computer and Information Sciences Student Demographics at Northwestern

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

Northwestern General Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in computer and information sciences from Northwestern. About 0% were men and 100% 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 Northwestern since its program graduates 77% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% 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 Northwestern University with a bachelor's in computer and information sciences.

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

Northwestern 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

• Artificial Intelligence

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 IL, the home state for Northwestern University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Computer Systems Analysts	28,130	$89,370
Computer and Information Systems Managers	17,770	$143,900
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	11,640	$86,290
Computer Network Architects	5,310	$114,780

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 Madcoverboy at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.