Computer Science at Pacific University

Every computer science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the computer science program at Pacific University stacks up to those at other schools.

Pacific is located in Forest Grove, Oregon and approximately 3,808 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students received a bachelor's degree in computer science from Pacific.

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.

Pacific Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Pacific Computer Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the computer science progam at Pacific 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 Pacific 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 Popular General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	417
Most Focused General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	498
Most Popular General Computer Science Schools	546
Most Focused General Computer Science Schools	619

Computer Science Student Demographics at Pacific

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

Pacific Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 computer science majors earned their bachelor's degree from Pacific. Of these graduates, 58% were men and 42% were women. The typical computer science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at Pacific since its program graduates 19% more women than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in computer science at Pacific are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Pacific 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 OR, the home state for Pacific University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Software Applications Developers	15,610	$101,940
Computer Workers	6,000	$79,610
Computer and Information Systems Managers	5,370	$129,680
Computer Programmers	2,570	$79,470
Systems Software Developers	2,560	$104,760

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 M.O. Stevens under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.