Computer Science at Occidental College

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

Oxy is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 1,839. In 2021, 18 computer science majors received their bachelor's degree from Oxy.

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.

Oxy Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Oxy Computer Science Rankings

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

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 Oxy 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	103
Most Focused General Computer Science Schools	166
Most Popular General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	335
Most Popular General Computer Science Schools	435

Computer Science Student Demographics at Oxy

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

Oxy Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 18 computer science students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Oxy, about 61% were men and 39% were women. The typical computer science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at Oxy since its program graduates 16% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% 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 Occidental College with a bachelor's in computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Oxy 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 CA, the home state for Occidental College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Systems Software Developers	88,910	$131,700
Computer Workers	74,690	$103,270
Computer and Information Systems Managers	63,640	$180,250
Computer Programmers	29,740	$97,470

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
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