Bachelor’s Degrees in Computational Science

This degree is more popular with male students, and about 33% of recent graduates were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 23.5% of scientific computing graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Scientific Computing Majors

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 221 students earned their bachelor's degree in scientific computing. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in scientific computing at each degree level.

Education Level	Number of Grads
Master’s Degree	953
Bachelor’s Degree	221
Graduate Certificate	77
Basic Certificate	73
Doctor’s Degree	33
Associate Degree	3

Earnings of Scientific Computing Majors With Bachelor’s Degrees

At this time, we do not have the data to estimate the median earnings for this class of people.

Student Debt

We do not have the data to calculate the median and range of debt loads for scientific computing students who are bachelor's degree holders.

Student Diversity

More men than women pursue bachelor's degrees in scientific computing. About 74.7% of graduates in this field are male.

Gender	Number of Grads
Men	165
Women	56

The racial-ethnic distribution of scientific computing bachelor’s degree students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	25
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	27
White	91
International Students	52
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Image Credit: By Yearofthedragon under License

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