Computer Science at Ursinus College

If you are interested in studying computer science, you may want to check out the program at Ursinus College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Ursinus is located in Collegeville, Pennsylvania and approximately 1,493 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students received a bachelor's degree in computer science from Ursinus.

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.

Ursinus Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Ursinus Computer Science Rankings

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

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 Ursinus 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	74
Most Focused General Computer Science Schools	122
Most Popular General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	349
Most Popular General Computer Science Schools	454

Computer Science Student Demographics at Ursinus

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

Ursinus Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 17 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in computer science from Ursinus in 2021, 82% were men and 18% were women.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in computer science at Ursinus 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 Ursinus College with a bachelor's in computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Ursinus 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 PA, the home state for Ursinus College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Software Applications Developers	28,260	$96,370
Computer Workers	19,010	$87,040
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,070	$146,860
Computer Programmers	8,990	$85,800
Systems Software Developers	8,810	$103,520

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 Pennaboy under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.