Computer Science at Pomona College

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

Pomona is located in Claremont, California and approximately 1,475 students attend the school each year. Of the 33 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Pomona College in 2021, 33 of them were computer science majors.

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.

Pomona Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Pomona Computer Science Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks computer science programs across the country. The following shows how Pomona 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 science major at Pomona 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
Best General Computer Science Schools	7
Best General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	9
	14
Most Focused General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	20
	20
Most Focused General Computer Science Schools	40
Best Value General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	92
Best Value General Computer Science Schools	150
Most Popular General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	238
Most Popular General Computer Science Schools	295

Computer Science Student Demographics at Pomona

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

Pomona Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 33 computer science students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Pomona, about 67% were men and 33% were women. The typical computer science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at Pomona since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 Pomona College with a bachelor's in computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	9
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Pomona 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 Pomona 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
• Image Credit: By Nostalgicwisdom under License

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