Computer Science

A program that focuses on computer theory, computing problems and solutions, and the design of computer systems and user interfaces from a scientific perspective. Includes instruction in the principles of computational science, computer development and programming, and applications to a variety of end-use situations.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 958 institutions across the United States, with a total of 218351 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

300

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

4,695

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

43,697

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

275

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

22,206

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

1,520

degrees awarded

Other Awards

145,658

awards given

Top Schools for Computer Science

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank Institution Degrees
1 University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
4,629
2 Arizona State University Campus Immersion
Tempe, AZ
4,419
3 University of Central Missouri
Warrensburg, MO
3,726
4 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
3,576
5 University of California-San Diego
La Jolla, CA
3,165
6 University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
3,150
7 Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY
3,129
8 Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR
3,099
9 University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, NC
3,081
10 University of Maryland-College Park
College Park, MD
2,922
11 Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, NJ
2,790
12 Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT
2,520
13 Southern New Hampshire University
Manchester, NH
2,471
14 Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
2,469
15 University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Amherst, MA
2,451
16 University of Missouri-Kansas City
Kansas City, MO
2,205
17 Stanford University
Stanford, CA
2,187
18 University of California-Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA
2,181
19 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN
2,181
20 Purdue University-Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN
2,171
21 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
2,166
22 North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Raleigh, NC
2,127
23 University of California-Irvine
Irvine, CA
2,082
24 University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO
2,007
25 Texas A & M University-College Station
College Station, TX
1,746
26 University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA
1,662
27 Boston University
Boston, MA
1,650
28 University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, IL
1,602
29 Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY
1,587
30 University of California-Davis
Davis, CA
1,566
31 University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
1,563
32 California State University-Long Beach
Long Beach, CA
1,536
33 University of Dayton
Dayton, OH
1,482
34 University of Maryland-Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD
1,473
35 University of California-Riverside
Riverside, CA
1,455
36 Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA
1,442
37 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
1,434
38 Duke University
Durham, NC
1,425
39 California State University-Fullerton
Fullerton, CA
1,419
40 Indiana University-Bloomington
Bloomington, IN
1,320
41 Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw, GA
1,293
42 Lewis University
Romeoville, IL
1,254
43 University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
1,206
44 Brown University
Providence, RI
1,140
45 Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs, CO
1,131
46 Arizona State University Digital Immersion
Scottsdale, AZ
1,086
47 Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
1,062
48 Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL
1,038
49 Wichita State University
Wichita, KS
1,035
50 Maharishi International University
Fairfield, IA
1,023
51 Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO
1,008
52 San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA
1,008
53 San Jose State University
San Jose, CA
999
54 California State University-Northridge
Northridge, CA
966
55 Northern Virginia Community College
Annandale, VA
966
56 Northwest Missouri State University
Maryville, MO
960
57 Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
957
58 Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, MA
948
59 University of Georgia
Athens, GA
918
60 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY
915
61 CUNY Queens College
Queens, NY
915
62 Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA
912
63 CUNY Hunter College
New York, NY
906
64 California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
Pomona, CA
900
65 California State University-East Bay
Hayward, CA
897
66 Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO
897
67 Texas State University
San Marcos, TX
894
68 Tufts University
Medford, MA
882
69 California State University-Sacramento
Sacramento, CA
873
70 Binghamton University
Vestal, NY
873
71 University of Massachusetts-Lowell
Lowell, MA
864
72 Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
855
73 University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
855
74 Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
846
75 Weber State University
Ogden, UT
843
76 University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
831
77 Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY
831
78 Missouri State University-Springfield
Springfield, MO
821
79 San Diego State University
San Diego, CA
810
80 University of Washington-Bothell Campus
Bothell, WA
762
81 University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
762
82 Portland State University
Portland, OR
753
83 University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
753
84 Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
735
85 University of California-Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
711
86 California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA
702
87 Washington State University
Pullman, WA
693
88 Seattle University
Seattle, WA
690
89 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA
684
90 Cleveland State University
Cleveland, OH
669
91 California State University-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
663
92 Towson University
Towson, MD
651
93 Brigham Young University
Provo, UT
627
94 California State University-Monterey Bay
Seaside, CA
621
95 University of Illinois Springfield
Springfield, IL
606
96 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Atlanta, GA
591
97 Auburn University at Montgomery
Montgomery, AL
585
98 Miami University-Oxford
Oxford, OH
582
99 Lamar University
Beaumont, TX
576
100 University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
552