General Computer & Information Sciences at Widener University

If you are interested in studying general computer and information sciences, you may want to check out the program at Widener University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Widener is located in Chester, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 6,150. Of the 28 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Widener University in 2021, 5 of them were general computer and information sciences majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Computer & Information Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

Widener General Computer & Information Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer and Information Sciences

Widener General Computer & Information Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the computer and information sciences progam at Widener 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 and information sciences major at Widener is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Computer & Information Sciences. 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	223
	259
Best Value General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	278
Best General Computer Science Schools	291
	343
Best Value General Computer Science Schools	365
Most Popular General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	426
Most Focused General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	491
Most Popular General Computer Science Schools	664
Most Focused General Computer Science Schools	782

Computer and Information Sciences Student Demographics at Widener

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer and information sciences majors at Widener University.

Widener General Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students earned a bachelor's degree in computer and information sciences from Widener. About 60% of these graduates were women and the other 40% were men. The typical computer and information sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at Widener since its program graduates 37% more women than average.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in computer and information sciences at Widener are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer and information sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Widener University with a bachelor's in computer and information sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Widener also has a doctoral program available in computer and information sciences. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Informatics

Careers That Computer and Information Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer and information sciences 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 Widener University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Computer Systems Analysts	21,910	$95,990
Computer Workers	19,010	$87,040
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,070	$146,860
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	12,760	$77,700
Computer Network Architects	7,120	$101,090

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 User:Smallbones at English Wikipedia. under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.