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American College Students Aren't Flocking to Computer Science
Credit: Westfield State University
It's no secret that demand for software developers is sky high these days, with no signs of easing up. This isn't a new thing; developers have been in demand, and been getting well paid, for quite some time. Surely, then, the appeal of a well-paying career writing code has translated into an increasing percentage of college students choosing to study computer science in recent years, right?
Turns out not really, according to data from the National Center for Educational Statistics' Digest of Educational Statistics on undergraduate degrees awarded in the United States over the past 40 years. The trend for CS degrees as a percentage of all U.S. college degrees awarded has been pretty flat since 1981 (2.2% of all degrees then, 2.76% in 2011).
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