Computer science was once a 'golden ticket' — now it's seeing the biggest enrollment drop of any major in 6 years. What students are choosing instead

Nobel Prize–winning economist Simon Johnson said AI has "substantially wiped out" coding as a reliable source of opportunity.
Opinion

There’s Never Been a Better Time to Study Computer Science

It’s a weird time to be studying computer science. Recent grads have a higher unemployment rate than those in just about every other major—yes, even philosophy. The internet is littered with rants ...
Kaleido Scope

Computer science achieves record enrollment growth

The UAB Department of Computer Science has grown significantly in the past few years—both in the breadth of our academic program offerings and in our enrollment numbers. Currently, we offer four ...
Badger Herald

Computer science student enrollment woes help department pull off miracle

If you spend enough time around computer science majors, one of the things you’re likely to hear is a long series of complaints about course enrollment. That’s been my experience living with two CS ...
The Cornell Daily Sun

Computer and Information Science Students Struggle with Course Enrollment, Adding Stress Instead of Classes

For majors such as information science and computer science, enrollment has nearly doubled in the past five years, creating additional anxiety for students during the add/drop period. While the number ...
ZDNet

Interest in post-grad computer science programs spiked during pandemic

Faced with career and personal upheaval, many people chose to pursue upskilling opportunities through higher education in this popular career field, which has a positive long-term outlook. But ...