Computer Science at Tougaloo College

What traits are you looking for in a computer science school? To help you decide if Tougaloo College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's computer science program.

Tougaloo is located in Tougaloo, Mississippi and approximately 775 students attend the school each year. Of the 6 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Tougaloo College in 2021, 6 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.

Tougaloo Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Tougaloo Computer Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the computer science progam at Tougaloo 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 Tougaloo 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	79
Most Focused General Computer Science Schools	135
Most Popular General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	500
Most Popular General Computer Science Schools	672

Computer Science Student Demographics at Tougaloo

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

Tougaloo Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in computer science from Tougaloo. About 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical computer science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at Tougaloo since its program graduates 27% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% 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 Tougaloo College with a bachelor's in computer science.

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

Tougaloo 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 MS, the home state for Tougaloo College.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Computer and Information Systems Managers	1,150	$100,300
Computer Network Support Specialists	1,020	$66,110
Systems Software Developers	950	$86,360
Software Applications Developers	910	$85,470
Computer Programmers	880	$73,940

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 MS Dept of Archives and History under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.