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Computer Software & Applications at North Carolina State University

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Computer Software & Applications at North Carolina State University

If you plan to study computer software and applications, take a look at what North Carolina State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

NC State is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and has a total student population of 36,042. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 118 students received their master's degree in computer software.

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

NC State Computer Software & Applications Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Computer Software

NC State Computer Software & Applications Rankings

Computer Software Student Demographics at NC State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer software majors at North Carolina State University.

NC State Computer Software & Applications Master’s Program

37% Women
22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The computer software program at NC State awarded 118 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 63% of these degrees went to men with the other 37% going to women.

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Of the students who received a computer software master's degree from NC State, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the computer software master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 22% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from North Carolina State University with a master's in computer software.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 18
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 79
International Students 10
Other Races/Ethnicities 8

Careers That Computer Software Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer software can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NC, the home state for North Carolina State University.

Occupation Jobs in NC Average Salary in NC
Software Applications Developers 30,580 $103,280
Graphic Designers 6,460 $49,700
Computer Programmers 6,210 $94,570
Web Developers 3,320 $73,610
Database Administrators 2,870 $92,140

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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