Computational Science at Pennsylvania State University - World Campus

Every computational science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the scientific computing program at Pennsylvania State University - World Campus stacks up to those at other schools.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computational Science section at the bottom of this page.

Penn State World Campus Computational Science Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Scientific Computing

Penn State World Campus Computational Science Rankings

Scientific Computing Student Demographics at Penn State World Campus

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the scientific computing majors at Pennsylvania State University - World Campus.

Penn State World Campus Computational Science Master’s Program

31% Women

22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 69% of scientific computing master's degrees went to men and 31% went to women.

Of the students who received a scientific computing master's degree from Penn State World Campus, 65% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the scientific computing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 22% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Pennsylvania State University - World Campus with a master's in scientific computing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	71
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Careers That Scientific Computing Grads May Go Into

A degree in scientific computing 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 Pennsylvania State University - World Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Computer Workers	19,010	$87,040
Natural Sciences Managers	4,480	$147,810

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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