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US CompSci Enrollment Leaps For 5th Straight Year

Posted by timothy on from the they-heard-about-the-snacks-and-dancing dept.

dcblogs writes "The number of new undergraduate computing majors in U.S. computer science departments increased more than 29% last year, a pace called 'astonishing' by the Computing Research Association. The increase was the fifth straight annual computer science enrollment gain, according to the CRA's annual survey of computer science departments at Ph.D.-granting institutions. The survey also found that more students are earning a Ph.D., with 1,929 degrees granted — an 8.2% increase over the prior year. The pool of undergraduate students represented in the CRA survey is 67,850. Of that number, 57,500 are in computer science."

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  1. STOP by fazey · · Score: 3, Funny

    You're saturating the market! Go pick something else!

  2. I went because Bill Gates is SOOO charismatic by Richard+Dick+Head · · Score: 1, Funny

    Pretty soon they'll be posting jaded comments from their laptop, laying in bed in their parents basement, just like me! Oh, if only times were better...

    ::Stares dreamily of poster of Bill Gates in his stunning 80's sweater, posing on his desk::

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    The real path to male liberation
  3. Re:"Computer Science" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Our Turing machine wasn't Y2K compliant, but it's universal, so we just programmed it to simulate a Y2K-compliant machine.

    (captcha: convert)