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Department of Computer Science

Stats and Facts

Facts @ A Glance

 
Our Students

  • 900 Undergraduates, 450 Graduate (MS and PhD)
  • Average Starting Salaries: $68, 650 (BS), $87,137 (MS), $102,728 (PhD) 
  • Average Admissions Scores:
    • ACT Composite:  31.99
    • ACT Math:  34.04
    • ACT English: 30.73
  • 7 trips to ACM International Collegiate Programming Competition in 8 years
  • Largest ACM student chapter in the world

Our Curriculum & Campus

  • Consistently ranked Top 5 program in undergraduate and graduate CS education, US News & World Report
  • 7 degree programs
  • More than 92 courses in CS
  • NSA National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education
  • #1 Most Wired College, PC Magazine
  • Top 25 best School for Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneur Magazine
  • #3 ranked University for recruiting, Wall Street Journal

Our Faculty

  • 59 full-time faculty members
  • 19 ACM Fellows, 22 IEEE Fellows
  • 23 NSF CAREER Award Winners since 2000

Our Research

  • Consistent leader in research funding from National Science Foundation
  • Major industry collaborations, including multi-million dollar parallel computing and cloud computing research centers
  • Research expenditures totaling $28.5 million (FY08)
  • 8 major multidisciplinary centers

 

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