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Computer science at UT Austin

UT Austin graduates about 470 computer science majors a year, 5% of its graduating class. That puts it 36th of 691 schools we score for computer science, a standout program at 89 out of 100. Its current catalog lists 130 undergraduate courses in the field, more than 99% of the schools we've counted. Graduates in the major earn a median $155,000 four years out, 1.68× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $139 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

89/100Standout#36 of 691 for computer science →
Graduates a year4705% of the class
Courses in the catalog130more than 99% of schools
Median pay 4 years out$155,0001.68× the same major nationally
Research in the field$139Ma year, NSF
Admit rate27%whole school
SAT middle 50%1230–1500whole school

Around UT Austin

The Jackson School of Geosciences building at the University of Texas at Austin
Jackson School of Geosciences UT Austin 2019Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0 · source
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Looking north from the Stadium
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Alpha Phi Omega runs the flag before home games; always a crowd pleaser!
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Where computer science happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Computation Center, Engineering Discovery Building, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Building, Biomedical Engineering Building, Neural Molecular Science Building, Continuing Engineering Education, O’Donnell Building for Applied Computational Engineering and Sciences, Jackson Geological Sciences Building, Bill and Melinda Gates Computer Science Complex, Aerospace Engineering Building, Gary L. Thomas Energy Engineering Building, Engineering Education and Research Center.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 142 · Dorm 16 · Athletics 11 · Arts 7 · Chapel 3 · Library 3.

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Nearby in the computer science ranking

  1. University of Southern California 90
  2. Swarthmore College 90
  3. Rutgers University–New Brunswick 89
  4. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 89
  5. University of Virginia 89
  6. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 89
  7. Rhode Island School of Design 89
  8. University of Wisconsin–Madison 88

Other strong majors at UT Austin

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UT Austin with every school we score in computer science. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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