A general program that focuses on computers, 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, and computing theory; computer hardware design; computer development and programming; and applications to a variety of end-use situations.
| A major in Computer Science is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided. |
- Computer and Information Scientists, Research - $100,900
- Computer and Information Systems Managers - $118,710
- Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary - $74,050
- Computer Software Engineers, Applications - $87,900
- Computer Software Engineers, Systems Software - $94,520
- Computer Specialists, All Other
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Top 25
Massachusetts
Colleges with the
highest percentage
of
Computer Science among the 2007-2008
graduating class.
| | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA | 176
(14.5%) |  |  | |
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| | Wentworth Institute of Technology
Boston, MA | 35
(5.8%) |  |  | |
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| | Amherst College
Amherst, MA | 10
(2.2%) | | | |
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| | Fitchburg State College
Fitchburg, MA | 14
(2.2%) |  |  | |
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| | Williams College
Williamstown, MA | 10
(2.0%) | | | |
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| | University of Massachusetts-Lowell
Lowell, MA | 26
(1.9%) |  | | |
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| | Endicott College
Beverly, MA | 6
(1.6%) |  | | |
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| | University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA | 60
(1.4%) | | | |
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| | Brandeis University
Waltham, MA | 11
(1.3%) | | | |
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| | Harvard University
Cambridge, MA | 23
(1.3%) | |  | |
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.