Computer Science at University of San Diego

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

USD is located in San Diego, California and approximately 8,861 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 38 computer science majors received their bachelor's degree from USD.

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.

USD Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

USD Computer Science Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks computer science programs across the country. The following shows how USD performed in these rankings.

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 USD 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
	48
	66
Best General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	85
Best General Computer Science Schools	92
Most Popular General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	224
Most Popular General Computer Science Schools	274
Best Value General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	291
Best Value General Computer Science Schools	364
Most Focused General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	430
Most Focused General Computer Science Schools	540

Computer Science Student Demographics at USD

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

USD Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 66% of computer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 34% 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 USD since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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 University of San Diego with a bachelor's in computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	19
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

USD 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 University of San Diego.

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 Walleigh under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.