Possible to find diversity and racial breakdown/ranking for different comp sci programs?

[Anonymous]

You know how they rank colleges by top computer science program or best value or most diverse or whatever?

Is there any way to find out most racially diverse (broken down by race not just saying diverse) undergraduate computer science program based on last year's admitted numbers? I understand it will change yearly. Same question but for women. Computer science is a very white and asian male field. I am white but my black daughter is looking to find a somewhat diverse undergrad computer science department (students not the faculty). I understand "diverse" will be small since the field is not diverse but 6% is better than a school with 1%. Does anyone know how to find such a breakdown by major? Looking for Schools with the most diverse student body in computer science.

We have not ruled out HBCUs, but there is interest in all schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You know how they rank colleges by top computer science program or best value or most diverse or whatever?

Is there any way to find out most racially diverse (broken down by race not just saying diverse) undergraduate computer science program based on last year's admitted numbers? I understand it will change yearly. Same question but for women. Computer science is a very white and asian male field. I am white but my black daughter is looking to find a somewhat diverse undergrad computer science department (students not the faculty). I understand "diverse" will be small since the field is not diverse but 6% is better than a school with 1%. Does anyone know how to find such a breakdown by major? Looking for Schools with the most diverse student body in computer science.

We have not ruled out HBCUs, but there is interest in all schools.

I couldn’t find that, but maybe you could ask these folks for ideas:

http://blackwomenincomputing.org/about-2/our-voice/" target="_new" rel="nofollow"> http://blackwomenincomputing.org/about-2/our-voice/

[Anonymous]

Such data was formerly available for engineering programs and CS as a major within. ASEE may have changed their website, but try playing around with the database here https://shinyapps.asee.org/apps/Profiles/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You know how they rank colleges by top computer science program or best value or most diverse or whatever?

Is there any way to find out most racially diverse (broken down by race not just saying diverse) undergraduate computer science program based on last year's admitted numbers? I understand it will change yearly. Same question but for women. Computer science is a very white and asian male field. I am white but my black daughter is looking to find a somewhat diverse undergrad computer science department (students not the faculty). I understand "diverse" will be small since the field is not diverse but 6% is better than a school with 1%. Does anyone know how to find such a breakdown by major? Looking for Schools with the most diverse student body in computer science.

We have not ruled out HBCUs, but there is interest in all schools.

CMU claims to admit 50/50 male/female in their CS program. You may have to google each school you are interested in or call.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You know how they rank colleges by top computer science program or best value or most diverse or whatever?

Is there any way to find out most racially diverse (broken down by race not just saying diverse) undergraduate computer science program based on last year's admitted numbers? I understand it will change yearly. Same question but for women. Computer science is a very white and asian male field. I am white but my black daughter is looking to find a somewhat diverse undergrad computer science department (students not the faculty). I understand "diverse" will be small since the field is not diverse but 6% is better than a school with 1%. Does anyone know how to find such a breakdown by major? Looking for Schools with the most diverse student body in computer science.

We have not ruled out HBCUs, but there is interest in all schools.

CMU claims to admit 50/50 male/female in their CS program. You may have to google each school you are interested in or call.

I strongly recommend visiting Spelman and Hampton. The networking and access to resources, along with an affirming environment could really build her up before entering harsh work environments.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You know how they rank colleges by top computer science program or best value or most diverse or whatever?

Is there any way to find out most racially diverse (broken down by race not just saying diverse) undergraduate computer science program based on last year's admitted numbers? I understand it will change yearly. Same question but for women. Computer science is a very white and asian male field. I am white but my black daughter is looking to find a somewhat diverse undergrad computer science department (students not the faculty). I understand "diverse" will be small since the field is not diverse but 6% is better than a school with 1%. Does anyone know how to find such a breakdown by major? Looking for Schools with the most diverse student body in computer science.

We have not ruled out HBCUs, but there is interest in all schools.

CMU claims to admit 50/50 male/female in their CS program. You may have to google each school you are interested in or call.

I am more inclined to look for schools that’s serious about gender diversity than racial.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You know how they rank colleges by top computer science program or best value or most diverse or whatever?

Is there any way to find out most racially diverse (broken down by race not just saying diverse) undergraduate computer science program based on last year's admitted numbers? I understand it will change yearly. Same question but for women. Computer science is a very white and asian male field. I am white but my black daughter is looking to find a somewhat diverse undergrad computer science department (students not the faculty). I understand "diverse" will be small since the field is not diverse but 6% is better than a school with 1%. Does anyone know how to find such a breakdown by major? Looking for Schools with the most diverse student body in computer science.

We have not ruled out HBCUs, but there is interest in all schools.

CMU claims to admit 50/50 male/female in their CS program. You may have to google each school you are interested in or call.

I strongly recommend visiting Spelman and Hampton. The networking and access to resources, along with an affirming environment could really build her up before entering harsh work environments.

OP here - we looked at these schools but thought they were more liberal arts focused. Are they players in the HBCU CS space? I know Howard, NCA&T, FAMU are. Spellman would cover both bases but while they have CS I wasn't sure a company would look to them since I thought they were known as a LA school. Would love to be wrong.

[Anonymous]

I don’t know about the quality of HBCU CS, but I do know there are reserved pathways to CS internships available specifically for HBCUs. MSFT and Goog for example.

If you do well in summer internships (and these pay from $38-$52+/hour depending on year of study), you will hopefully get return offers leading to New Grad fulltime positions with signing bonus.

Something to consider. Good luck!

[Anonymous]

My husband works at Google. He said when they look for black minority applicants they go to HBCU's. I know that does not answer your question but it seems to me if your daughter is black it would make sense for her to attend an HBCU, which is where major companies go to recruit minority talent, if the minority is black (even over a top 10 school).

[Anonymous]

I'd maybe look at universities that don't take affirmative action into account like Michigan, Berkeley, or Washington. This may not be PC, but at my SLAC that took race into account for admissions, the only URMs in the department were international.

[Anonymous]

To each their own but maybe focus on quality of education first?

[Anonymous]

If you’re going on tours, always ask! And be specific about major if you have to — I always asked specifically for gender breakdowns on the ee programs and it was amazing how the 20% women in the engineering became 8% when you were talking about electrical engineering.

Best of luck to you and your daughter, OP!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To each their own but maybe focus on quality of education first?

Why would you assume OP isn’t considering quality of education? Why would you think quality is inconsistent with the other things she is asking about?

[Anonymous]

I would not be worried about the %age of Black women in these programs. I would actually try to see what the Black women in these programs feel about inclusivity and what their experience is within the program. Even if there is only 5 AA women in a program, it does not matter, if they feel that they are not discriminated against and that they are supported.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:To each their own but maybe focus on quality of education first?

Why would you assume OP isn’t considering quality of education? Why would you think quality is inconsistent with the other things she is asking about?

+1. I am not sure what PP meant by this comment, but implying that diversity and quality are opposites is quite racist/sexist lol.