General Computer & Information Sciences at Pacific Lutheran University

If you are interested in studying general computer and information sciences, you may want to check out the program at Pacific Lutheran University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

PLU is located in Tacoma, Washington and approximately 2,907 students attend the school each year. Of the 22 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Pacific Lutheran University in 2021, 22 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.

PLU General Computer & Information Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer and Information Sciences

PLU General Computer & Information Sciences Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks computer and information sciences programs across the country. The following shows how PLU performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The computer and information sciences major at PLU 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
	60
Best General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	61
Best General Computer Science Schools	80
	93
Most Focused General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	115
Best Value General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	223
Most Popular General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	234
Most Focused General Computer Science Schools	234
Best Value General Computer Science Schools	308
Most Popular General Computer Science Schools	371

Computer and Information Sciences Student Demographics at PLU

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

PLU General Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Program

Of the 22 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in computer and information sciences from PLU in 2021, 77% were men and 23% were women.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in computer and information sciences at PLU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 Pacific Lutheran University with a bachelor's in computer and information sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

PLU 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 WA, the home state for Pacific Lutheran University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Computer Systems Analysts	17,970	$96,860
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,690	$159,290
Computer Workers	13,100	$91,620
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	8,920	$92,750
Computer Network Architects	5,800	$111,960

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.