Computer Science at University of California - Los Angeles

If you are interested in studying computer science, you may want to check out the program at University of California - Los Angeles. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UCLA is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 44,589 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 135 students received their master's degree in compsci.

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

UCLA Computer Science Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in CompSci
• Doctorate Degree in CompSci

UCLA Computer Science Rankings

There were 27 students who received their doctoral degrees in compsci, making the school the #11 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

CompSci Student Demographics at UCLA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the compsci majors at University of California - Los Angeles.

UCLA Computer Science Master’s Program

Of the 135 students who graduated with a master’s in compsci from UCLA in 2021, 83% were men and 17% were women.

In the compsci master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 31% of degree recipients. That is 17% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Los Angeles with a master's in compsci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	37
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	13
International Students	78
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Related Majors

• Information Science

Careers That CompSci Grads May Go Into

A degree in compsci can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for University of California - Los Angeles.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Systems Software Developers	88,910	$131,700
Computer Workers	74,690	$103,270
Computer and Information Systems Managers	63,640	$180,250
Computer Programmers	29,740	$97,470

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 Nikhil Kulkarni under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.