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Computer Science at Vanderbilt University

Computer Science at Vanderbilt University

Every computer science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the computer science program at Vanderbilt University stacks up to those at other schools.

Vanderbilt is located in Nashville, Tennessee and approximately 13,537 students attend the school each year.

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.

Vanderbilt Computer Science Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
  • Master’s Degree in Computer Science

Vanderbilt Computer Science Rankings

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in computer science, making the school the #60 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computer Science Student Demographics at Vanderbilt

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer science majors at Vanderbilt University.

Vanderbilt Computer Science Master’s Program

19% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 81% of computer science master's degrees went to men and 19% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 10
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 33
International Students 19
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Careers That Computer Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TN, the home state for Vanderbilt University.

Occupation Jobs in TN Average Salary in TN
Software Applications Developers 5,870 $87,630
Computer and Information Systems Managers 5,610 $118,660
Systems Software Developers 4,940 $92,700
Computer Workers 4,510 $74,000
Computer Programmers 4,090 $82,400

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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