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CIP 11.0701 Computer and Information Sciences

Computer Science

IPEDS Completions, US Department of Education · 2025

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Total graduates

89,114

2025 · 1,018 schools

International share

30.8%

27,413 international students

Bachelor's degrees

53,220

10.8% international

Master's degrees

27,186

73.5% international

Overview

Computer Science is a dynamic and rapidly evolving field that focuses on the study of algorithms, data structures, software design, and computational theory. It encompasses a wide range of topics, including programming languages, artificial intelligence, machine learning, cybersecurity, and human-computer interaction. Students pursuing a degree in Computer Science gain a solid foundation in both theoretical principles and practical applications, enabling them to solve complex problems using technology.

The curriculum typically includes courses in programming, discrete mathematics, computer architecture, and operating systems, as well as specialized topics such as data mining, web development, and mobile app development. Many programs also emphasize the importance of teamwork and communication skills, as software development often involves collaboration among diverse teams.

Career prospects for Computer Science graduates are abundant and varied. Graduates can find opportunities in numerous sectors, including technology, finance, healthcare, and education. Common job roles include software developer, data scientist, systems analyst, and network administrator. The demand for skilled professionals in this field continues to grow, driven by advancements in technology and the increasing reliance on digital solutions across all industries.

Moreover, Computer Science is also known for its potential for innovation. Many students are encouraged to engage in research projects, internships, and hackathons, fostering creativity and entrepreneurship. With its blend of analytical thinking, creativity, and practical skills, a degree in Computer Science prepares individuals to navigate and shape the future of technology.

Graduates by year

Graduates by degree level (first and second majors)

AssociateBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoral

From 2002 to 2025, graduates grew 719% and the international share went from 16.6% to 30.8%.

International share (%)
Graduates by group, 2025
White
27.6%
Asian
19.7%
Hispanic
9.7%
Black
4.7%
Other
7.5%
Intl.
30.8%

Colleges that award this degree

In 2025, 1,018 schools awarded this degree as a first major. The table lists those in the 2027 U.S. News National or Liberal Arts rankings, plus the unranked schools with the most graduates.

RankSchoolStateGraduatesInternational
#1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts 684 158
#2 Princeton University New Jersey 267 72
#3 Harvard University Massachusetts 318 81
#5 California Institute of Technology California 91 12
#5 Stanford University California 1,018 206
#7 University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 285 112
#8 Duke University North Carolina 314 93
#9 University of Chicago Illinois 454 191
#9 Northwestern University Illinois 336 127
#12 Dartmouth College New Hampshire 180 69
#12 Columbia University in the City of New York New York 845 342
#14 Cornell University New York 910 217
#14 Carnegie Mellon University Pennsylvania 389 127
#16 Washington University in St Louis Missouri 276 105
#16 Brown University Rhode Island 436 154
#16 Vanderbilt University Tennessee 281 103
#20 University of California-Berkeley California 995 253
#20 University of California-Los Angeles California 596 193
#23 Georgetown University D.C. 89 33
#23 Emory University Georgia 138 67
#27 University of Southern California California 1,551 983
#27 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill North Carolina 420 81
#29 University of California-San Diego California 834 365
#29 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Georgia 227 150
#31 Boston College Massachusetts 150 14
#31 Tufts University Massachusetts 316 61
#34 University of California-Davis California 434 131
#34 University of California-Irvine California 844 243
#34 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Illinois 1,665 655
#34 Boston University Massachusetts 694 313
#34 Wake Forest University North Carolina 52 11
#42 Villanova University Pennsylvania 64 12
#44 University of California-Santa Barbara California 295 78
#44 Case Western Reserve University Ohio 250 81
#44 Lehigh University Pennsylvania 180 27
#49 University of Maryland-College Park Maryland 1,330 153
#49 University of Rochester New York 216 104
#49 University of Washington-Seattle Campus Washington 631 135
#52 University of Georgia Georgia 493 111
#52 College of William and Mary Virginia 141 9
#55 University of Miami Florida 82 16
#55 The Pennsylvania State University Pennsylvania 113 98
#55 Purdue University-Main Campus Indiana 882 256
#59 George Washington University D.C. 269 198
#59 Tulane University of Louisiana Louisiana 16 11
#59 Brandeis University Massachusetts 102 43
#59 University of Massachusetts-Amherst Massachusetts 901 448
#59 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minnesota 743 152
#59 Stevens Institute of Technology New Jersey 567 252
#59 Stony Brook University New York 636 311
#59 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pennsylvania 299 53
#59 Texas A & M University-College Station Texas 672 174
#69 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute New York 317 63
#73 University of Connecticut Connecticut 205 9
#73 Howard University D.C. 97 32
#73 Indiana University-Bloomington Indiana 416 233
#73 Worcester Polytechnic Institute Massachusetts 400 82
#73 Binghamton University New York 380 220
#73 North Carolina State University at Raleigh North Carolina 873 380
#80 University of California-Riverside California 477 169
#80 Colorado School of Mines Colorado 373 20
#80 Drexel University Pennsylvania 252 91
#85 New Jersey Institute of Technology New Jersey 6 2
#85 University at Buffalo New York 344 45
#85 Southern Methodist University Texas 186 67
#90 Baylor University Texas 57 8
#90 Gonzaga University Washington 58 9
#90 Marquette University Wisconsin 14 9
#95 American University D.C. 39 10
#95 University of Illinois at Chicago Illinois 586 212
#95 Rochester Institute of Technology New York 363 117
#100 Auburn University Alabama 57 0
#100 Chapman University California 97 5
#100 University of San Diego California 51 2
#100 University of South Florida-Main Campus Florida 223 208
#100 University of Iowa Iowa 108 4
#100 Saint Louis University Missouri 213 172
#100 Creighton University Nebraska 15 2
#100 Elon University North Carolina 37 0
#109 University of California-Santa Cruz California 764 78
#109 University of Colorado Boulder Colorado 699 141
#109 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Tennessee 224 23
#116 University of San Francisco California 117 42
#116 Iowa State University Iowa 189 60
#116 University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Oklahoma 213 53
#116 Brigham Young University-Provo Utah 205 12
#121 Arizona State University-Tempe Arizona 1,652 919
#121 University of Arizona Arizona 240 43
#121 University of the Pacific California 156 93
#121 University of Denver Colorado 81 12
#121 Illinois Institute of Technology Illinois 778 671
#121 Loyola University Chicago Illinois 35 17
#121 SUNY at Albany New York 266 150
#121 University of Dayton Ohio 315 285
#121 University of South Carolina-Columbia South Carolina 34 22
#121 George Mason University Virginia 25 2
#133 Clark University Massachusetts 193 174
#133 Miami University-Oxford Ohio 203 39
#133 University of Vermont Vermont 132 5
#137 California State University--Long Beach California 594 237
#137 San Diego State University California 368 30
#137 San Jose State University California 323 117
#137 University of Maryland-Baltimore County Maryland 414 94
#137 Clarkson University New York 67 27
#137 Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia Pennsylvania 31 4
#137 University of Scranton Pennsylvania 11 0
#148 California State University-Los Angeles California 217 55
#148 Catholic University of America D.C. 17 4
#148 Mercer University Georgia 20 0
#148 University of Massachusetts-Lowell Massachusetts 265 90
#148 University of Tulsa Oklahoma 55 12
#156 California State University-Fullerton California 676 133
#156 Quinnipiac University Connecticut 43 6
#156 University of St Thomas (MN) Minnesota 43 9
#156 CUNY--City College New York 106 10
#156 Oregon State University Oregon 1,296 184
#156 University of Portland Oregon 31 0
#156 Duquesne University Pennsylvania 23 8
#156 Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia 4 0
#169 Bradley University Illinois 46 6
#169 DePaul University Illinois 7 4
#169 Michigan Technological University Michigan 108 21
#169 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Nebraska 171 40
#169 Touro College New York 65 1
#169 University of North Carolina at Charlotte North Carolina 1,206 352
#179 University of Louisville Kentucky 73 2
#179 CUNY Hunter College New York 346 21
#179 University of Utah Utah 414 133
#179 Seattle University Washington 194 95
#186 California Lutheran University California 25 1
#186 University of Hawaii at Manoa Hawaii 160 11
#186 University of Detroit Mercy Michigan 10 2
#191 University of Arkansas Arkansas 156 16
#191 Georgia State University Georgia 648 156
#191 Rowan University New Jersey 101 79
#191 Hofstra University New York 64 9
#191 Washington State University Washington 248 52
#202 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Louisiana 257 36
#202 University of Massachusetts-Boston Massachusetts 188 74
#202 East Carolina University North Carolina 93 4
#202 Ohio University-Main Campus Ohio 66 8
#202 University of St. Thomas (TX) Texas 4 1
#208 California State University--Fresno California 107 21
#208 California State University-Sacramento California 412 78
#208 University of Idaho Idaho 65 29
#208 University of North Carolina at Greensboro North Carolina 148 24
#208 Ohio Northern University Ohio 16 1
#208 Xavier University Ohio 30 0
#208 Willamette University Oregon 12 0
#219 Illinois State University Illinois 69 13
#219 Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis Indiana 90 67
#219 University of Nevada-Reno Nevada 221 30
#219 North Carolina A&T State University North Carolina 115 21
#219 University of North Carolina--Wilmington North Carolina 100 3
#219 Gannon University Pennsylvania 9 7
#227 San Francisco State University California 342 61
#227 Ball State University Indiana 46 1
#227 University of North Dakota North Dakota 16 7
#227 University of Texas-San Antonio Texas 16 16
#227 West Virginia University West Virginia 103 14
#236 Florida Institute of Technology Florida 88 37
#236 University of North Florida Florida 93 5
#236 Stetson University Florida 8 4
#236 University of Nevada--Las Vegas Nevada 222 14
#236 North Dakota State University-Main Campus North Dakota 119 22
#236 Kent State University at Kent Ohio 304 198
#236 Pacific University Oregon 5 0
#236 Portland State University Oregon 243 77
#236 University of Texas-Arlington Texas 205 52
#250 Nova Southeastern University Florida 42 10
#250 University of Missouri--Kansas City Missouri 472 352
#250 New Mexico State University-Main Campus New Mexico 28 13
#250 Pace University-New York New York 529 423
#250 La Salle University Pennsylvania 6 1
#250 Lipscomb University Tennessee 7 0
#250 University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley Texas 195 13
#250 University of Wyoming Wyoming 45 10
#262 University of Alabama--Huntsville Alabama 181 23
#262 Aurora University Illinois 26 0
#262 University of Maine Maine 62 6
#262 Suffolk University Massachusetts 21 6
#262 Western New England University Massachusetts 34 18
#262 Andrews University Michigan 17 5
#262 Central Michigan University Michigan 79 32
#262 University of Texas--El Paso Texas 4 3
#262 Seattle Pacific University Washington 32 6
#276 Northern Arizona University Arizona 234 113
#276 Harding University Arkansas 31 5
#276 California Baptist University California 25 1
#276 Regis University Colorado 27 0
#276 University of New Haven Connecticut 140 116
#276 University of St. Francis Illinois 2 0
#276 Marian University (IN) Indiana 1 0
#276 Western Michigan University Michigan 81 45
#276 University of Missouri--St. Louis Missouri 82 11
#276 Widener University Pennsylvania 14 1
#276 Marymount University Virginia 7 4
#288 Biola University California 22 5
#288 Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Illinois 89 60
#288 University of Indianapolis Indiana 8 0
#288 Wichita State University Kansas 151 73
#288 University of Memphis Tennessee 199 111
#288 Texas State University Texas 356 80
#288 Shenandoah University Virginia 7 1
#288 University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee Wisconsin 200 94
#299 Azusa Pacific University California 14 0
#299 Boise State University Idaho 138 16
#299 Saint Mary's University of Minnesota Minnesota 6 1
#299 University of Nebraska--Omaha Nebraska 132 31
#299 University of Toledo Ohio 3 0
#299 Tennessee Technological University Tennessee 170 11
#299 Concordia University Wisconsin Wisconsin 5 0
#308 Northern Illinois University Illinois 214 80
#308 University of Southern Mississippi Mississippi 1 0
#308 Maryville University of Saint Louis Missouri 68 0
#308 Montana State University Montana 128 8
#308 Abilene Christian University Texas 16 3
#317 Xavier University of Louisiana Louisiana 14 2
#317 Morgan State University Maryland 22 12
#317 University of Mary North Dakota 3 1
#317 Augusta University Georgia 1 0
#328 Georgia Southern University Georgia 9 5
#332 University of South Alabama Alabama 64 0
#332 Clark Atlanta University Georgia 15 3
#332 Mercy University New York 21 4
#332 University of Findlay Ohio 9 1
#342 Concordia University -- Irvine California 8 0
#342 University of Northern Colorado Colorado 1 1
#342 Mississippi College Mississippi 13 6
#342 Missouri State University Missouri 134 79
#342 University of Akron Ohio 13 9
#342 Cleveland State University Ohio 216 165
#342 Lincoln Memorial University Tennessee 4 1
#342 Kennesaw State University Georgia 531 227
#353 University of West Georgia Georgia 17 1
#353 Southern Illinois University--Edwardsville Illinois 89 32
#353 University of Louisiana--Lafayette Louisiana 108 39
#353 University of Michigan--Flint Michigan 28 0
#353 Plymouth State University New Hampshire 9 0
#353 Youngstown State University Ohio 42 4
#353 Trevecca Nazarene University Tennessee 6 2
#353 University of Houston--Clear Lake Texas 105 40
#353 University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras Puerto Rico 16 0
#353 Pennsylvania Western University Pennsylvania 43 1
#365 University of Central Arkansas Arkansas 7 3
#365 Indiana State University Indiana 37 30
#365 Northern Kentucky University Kentucky 3 0
#365 University of Louisiana--Monroe Louisiana 19 13
#365 Jackson State University Mississippi 1 0
#365 The University of Montana Montana 22 1
#365 Gardner-Webb University North Carolina 9 0
#376 University of Bridgeport Connecticut 454 441
#376 Barry University Florida 6 1
#376 Concordia University-Saint Paul Minnesota 28 1
#376 Belhaven University Mississippi 4 1
#376 Tennessee State University Tennessee 33 6
#382 University of Alaska Fairbanks Alaska 10 0
#382 Grand Canyon University Arizona 47 4
#382 National University California 68 0
#382 University of Colorado--Colorado Springs Colorado 141 17
#382 Colorado Technical University Colorado 588 0
#382 Wilmington University Delaware 152 10
#382 Palm Beach Atlantic University Florida 6 0
#382 Saint Leo University Florida 152 126
#382 St. Thomas University (FL) Florida 12 3
#382 Idaho State University Idaho 30 9
#382 Chicago State University Illinois 75 63
#382 Governors State University Illinois 159 118
#382 Roosevelt University Illinois 109 91
#382 University of New Orleans Louisiana 66 7
#382 Southern University and A&M College Louisiana 112 0
#382 University of Southern Maine Maine 19 3
#382 Northeastern State University Oklahoma 28 0
#382 Southwestern Oklahoma State University Oklahoma 1 0
#382 Dallas Baptist University Texas 13 4
#382 Houston Christian University Texas 7 1
#382 Lamar University Texas 175 174
#382 Tarleton State University Texas 19 0
#382 Texas Southern University Texas 10 7
#382 Texas Wesleyan University Texas 11 3
#382 Regent University Virginia 11 0
#382 Inter American University of Puerto Rico, Metropolitan Campus Puerto Rico 11 0
LAC #1 Williams College Massachusetts 62 15
LAC #2 Amherst College Massachusetts 59 21
LAC #3 Claremont McKenna College California 12 1
LAC #3 Pomona College California 77 18
LAC #3 Bowdoin College Maine 42 5
LAC #3 United States Naval Academy Maryland 35 0
LAC #8 Harvey Mudd College California 54 2
LAC #11 United States Air Force Academy Colorado 39 1
LAC #12 Washington and Lee University Virginia 21 8
LAC #14 Wesleyan University Connecticut 51 10
LAC #16 Grinnell College Iowa 61 26
LAC #16 Carleton College Minnesota 93 19
LAC #16 Davidson College North Carolina 35 10
LAC #19 Barnard College New York 72 13
LAC #19 Middlebury College Vermont 57 9
LAC #22 Colby College Maine 34 11
LAC #22 Smith College Massachusetts 52 14
LAC #22 Colgate University New York 71 13
LAC #26 Haverford College Pennsylvania 3 1
LAC #31 Denison University Ohio 35 19
LAC #31 Bryn Mawr College Pennsylvania 19 6
LAC #34 Mount Holyoke College Massachusetts 44 25
LAC #34 Franklin and Marshall College Pennsylvania 19 9
LAC #38 Occidental College California 26 2
LAC #38 Scripps College California 1 0
LAC #44 Pitzer College California 2 0
LAC #44 Wabash College Indiana 8 0
LAC #47 Connecticut College Connecticut 29 8
LAC #49 DePauw University Indiana 51 35
LAC #49 St. Olaf College Minnesota 23 5
LAC #49 Rhodes College Tennessee 40 4
LAC #49 The University of the South Tennessee 14 5
LAC #54 Centre College Kentucky 19 5
LAC #54 Dickinson College Pennsylvania 35 20
LAC #54 Gettysburg College Pennsylvania 17 4
LAC #57 Wheaton College (IL) Illinois 17 1
LAC #57 Furman University South Carolina 15 1
LAC #62 Lake Forest College Illinois 21 4
LAC #62 Gustavus Adolphus College Minnesota 30 5
LAC #62 Muhlenberg College Pennsylvania 18 1
LAC #62 Virginia Military Institute Virginia 23 1
LAC #68 College of St. Benedict Minnesota 7 0
LAC #68 Wofford College South Carolina 17 1
LAC #68 Lawrence University Wisconsin 13 8
LAC #72 Saint Anselm College New Hampshire 8 0
LAC #74 Principia College Illinois 1 1
LAC #74 St. John's University (MN) Minnesota 22 0
LAC #78 Whitman College Washington 19 3
LAC #81 Wheaton College (MA) Massachusetts 10 2
LAC #83 Morehouse College Georgia 20 0
LAC #83 Earlham College Indiana 8 6
LAC #85 Knox College Illinois 22 9
LAC #85 Stonehill College Massachusetts 15 2
LAC #85 Drew University New Jersey 18 4
LAC #85 Allegheny College Pennsylvania 12 0
LAC #91 Augustana College Illinois 33 19
LAC #91 College of Wooster Ohio 40 16
LAC #91 Juniata College Pennsylvania 7 0
LAC #91 Ursinus College Pennsylvania 14 1
LAC #97 Washington College Maryland 5 0
LAC #97 Lewis & Clark College Oregon 19 2
LAC #97 Austin College Texas 17 1
LAC #100 Hendrix College Arkansas 20 1
LAC #100 University of Puget Sound Washington 15 1
LAC #100 Beloit College Wisconsin 8 5
LAC #106 Pacific Lutheran University Washington 23 0
LAC #109 Hanover College Indiana 8 3
LAC #111 Luther College Iowa 13 8
LAC #111 Saint Vincent College Pennsylvania 12 0
LAC #111 Hampden-Sydney College Virginia 5 0
LAC #111 Whitworth University Washington 26 7
LAC #116 Ohio Wesleyan University Ohio 7 4
LAC #116 Saint Michael's College Vermont 3 0
LAC #116 Roanoke College Virginia 3 0
LAC #119 Coe College Iowa 9 2
LAC #119 Albion College Michigan 7 2
LAC #119 Meredith College North Carolina 14 4
LAC #119 Christopher Newport University Virginia 70 0
LAC #119 Ripon College Wisconsin 3 0
LAC #119 California State University-Channel Islands California 80 16
LAC #125 Emmanuel College Massachusetts 2 0
LAC #128 Cornell College Iowa 12 0
LAC #128 University of Minnesota-Morris Minnesota 10 1
LAC #132 Eckerd College Florida 9 1
LAC #132 Bennington College Vermont 4 3
LAC #132 Saint Norbert College Wisconsin 9 0
LAC #146 Gordon College Massachusetts 11 2
LAC #146 Claflin University South Carolina 11 1
LAC #153 University of Hawaii--Hilo Hawaii 8 0
LAC #154 University of North Carolina Asheville North Carolina 20 1
LAC #157 Randolph College Virginia 1 0
LAC #158 Presbyterian College South Carolina 2 1
LAC #160 Wittenberg University Ohio 12 0
LAC #160 University of Virginia's College at Wise Virginia 6 0
LAC #165 Bridgewater College Virginia 11 2
LAC #168 Lyon College Arkansas 4 1
LAC #172 Brigham Young University-Idaho Idaho 122 7
LAC #172 University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Wisconsin 31 0
LAC #177 Grambling State University Louisiana 10 2
LAC #178 Tougaloo College Mississippi 6 0
LAC #180 Alabama State University Alabama 11 3
LAC #181 Bethune-Cookman University Florida 2 0
LAC #181 Bethany College West Virginia 4 1
LAC #184 Holy Cross College Indiana 7 0
LAC #184 Indiana University-Southeast Indiana 21 1
LAC #184 Louisiana State University at Alexandria Louisiana 42 0
LAC #184 CUNY Medgar Evers College New York 14 0
LAC #184 Lane College Tennessee 4 0
LAC #184 Utah Tech University Utah 25 1
LAC #184 West Virginia State University West Virginia 17 6
— University of Central Missouri Missouri 1,608 1,545
— Southern New Hampshire University New Hampshire 1,530 4
— Western Governors University Utah 1,439 0
— Campbellsville University Kentucky 810 805
— University of Maryland Global Campus Maryland 458 10
— Full Sail University Florida 437 0
— California State Polytechnic University-Pomona California 405 42
— Northern Virginia Community College Virginia 373 42
— California State University-Northridge California 372 69
— Rivier University New Hampshire 352 0
— Maharishi International University Iowa 325 298
— Arizona State University Digital Immersion Arizona 325 71
— California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo California 321 17
— Auburn University at Montgomery Alabama 319 286
— Lewis University Illinois 315 214
— California State University--East Bay California 310 99
— Northwest Missouri State University Missouri 296 293
— Utah Valley University Utah 295 9
— University of Washington-Bothell Campus Washington 291 60
— Weber State University Utah 280 17
— University of Illinois Springfield Illinois 265 129
— California State University--San Bernardino California 249 104
— California State University-Monterey Bay California 216 23
— Purdue University Fort Wayne Indiana 210 152
— CUNY Queens College New York 198 17
— Towson University Maryland 197 24
— University of Phoenix Arizona 196 0
— Houston City College Texas 191 57
— Harrisburg University of Science and Technology Pennsylvania 184 179
— CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College New York 176 35

Purple: international students are 25% or more of the school's graduates.

Related jobs and pay

OccupationUS employmentMean hourly wageMean annual wage
Software Developers 1,687,890 $71.20 $148,100
Computer and Information Systems Managers 670,570 $92.39 $192,160
Computer Occupations, All Other 435,370 $58.77 $122,230
Data Scientists 262,440 $60.96 $126,800
Information Security Analysts 190,650 $63.71 $132,510
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 186,740 $53.60 $111,490
Computer Network Support Specialists 146,190 $39.36 $81,870
Web and Digital Interface Designers 113,330 $56.49 $117,490
Computer Programmers 92,230 $50.56 $105,170
Web Developers 70,190 $47.49 $98,770
Database Architects 67,140 $69.44 $144,440
Computer and Information Research Scientists 37,200 $74.00 $153,930
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 35,480 — $104,420

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025.

Graduate counts: IPEDS Completions, US Department of Education, 2002–2025. Rankings: 2027 U.S. News.