Computer Science at St Olaf College

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 St Olaf College stacks up to those at other schools.

St. Olaf is located in Northfield, Minnesota and has a total student population of 2,953. In 2021, 25 computer science majors received their bachelor's degree from St. Olaf.

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.

St. Olaf Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

St. Olaf Computer Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the computer science progam at St. Olaf 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 science major at St. Olaf 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	53
Best General Computer Science Schools	62
	96
	134
Most Focused General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	183
Best Value General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	251
Most Focused General Computer Science Schools	254
Most Popular General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	277
Best Value General Computer Science Schools	325
Most Popular General Computer Science Schools	357

Computer Science Student Demographics at St. Olaf

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

St. Olaf Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 76% of computer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 24% went to women. The typical computer science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at St. Olaf since its program graduates 1% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	12
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

St. Olaf 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 MN, the home state for St Olaf College.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Software Applications Developers	19,970	$96,750
Computer and Information Systems Managers	9,510	$143,300
Systems Software Developers	6,460	$110,460
Computer Workers	6,200	$81,650
Computer Programmers	4,520	$86,710

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 Daniel Edwins a.k.a. Webmoof of English Wikipedia under License

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