Computer Careers

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Computer Careers
-Differences
-Colleges
-Jobs
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Computer science majors make some of the highest
starting salaries for college graduates in the
country, at about 50,000 a year. Computer
science and computer engineering jobs are some of
the fastest-growing occupations in the nation,
according to the U.S. Department of Labor. So why
are university computer science departments
watching their enrollments slide? This fall,
Vanderbilt University's computer science
department is less than half the size it was in
2001. This year, enrollment fell again, to 61
students from 78 a year ago. Computer engineering
has dropped as well. At universities across the
country, the picture has been similar. Fewer and
fewer people are enrolling in university computer
science programs, just at a time when employers
say they can't find enough qualified
employees. "We're going crazy trying to find
candidates,'' said Sridevi Movva, the managing
partner of Nashville IT consulting firm Optimum
Technologies Solutions.
Excerpt from Universities see sharp drop in
Computer Science majors Tennessean.com 9/25/06
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Computer Hardware-networking
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Computer Programming
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Computer Science
A common mistake people make when trying to
design something completely foolproof is to
underestimate the ingenuity of complete
fools. -D. Adams
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Computer Engineering
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Other Careers
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Types of programs

• Community college
• Inverse curriculum
• Professional school model
• Standard engineering program
• Engineering school
• 3-2 programs

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Tech Degrees

• State Universities
• OIT - Engineering Technology
• OSU CS / CE
• UO - CS/Math , CS
• PSU - CS/CE/EE/ME
• WOU CS,CS/Math
• UP - CS, CS/Math

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• Seattle Pacific engineering, CS
• Willamette - CS
• Pacific Lutheran CS,CS/Math
• Harvey Mudd - engineering, CS/Math, CS
• Carnegie Mellon University - multiple
  engineering
• Cornell - CS

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Tuition - 2006

• Carnegie Mellon 53,660
• Chemeketa 3,510
• Cornell 52,414
• Harvey Mudd 52,727
• OIT 10,032
• OSU 18,309
• PLU 35,905

• PSU 20,378
• SPU 27,810
• UO 18,230
• UP 41,855
• WOU 18,453
• WU 44,880

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Other components

• Internships
• Credits-Diverse courses
• Acceptance of AP credits
• Acceptance of CC credits
• Advanced degrees
• 3-2 Programs

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Careers!
Salaries
Unemployment
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"Computer programming is a great field for
women, says Laura Janet Butler, a 26-year-old
Harvard dropout, who now works for Microsoft in
Redmond, Washington. Once a history major,
she's now a senior software design engineer. "No
one cares what you look like or exactly what
hours you work. They just care how good you are
at your job."
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Skills Employers Want!
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The US Department of Education -- 4 out of the
top 10 Very High-Wage Occupations opening
between now and 2008 will directly involve
computer science.
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Education vs. Weekly Income(2006)
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• No High School Diploma 384
• High School Diploma 533
• Some College 598
• Assoc. Degree (2 yrs) 677
• Bach. Degree (4 yrs) or higher 960

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• By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press Writer
  Thu Oct 26, 628 AM ET
• WASHINGTON - How much is a bachelor's degree
  worth? About 23,000 a year, the government said
  in a report released Thursday.
• That is the average gap in earnings between
  adults with bachelor's degrees and those with
  high school diplomas, according to data from the
• .
• College graduates made an average of 51,554 in
  2004, the most recent figures available, compared
  with 28,645 for adults with a high school
  diploma. High school dropouts earned an average
  of 19,169 and those with advanced college
  degrees made an average of 78,093.
• "There appear to be strong incentives to get a
  college degree, given the gaps that we observe,"
  said Lisa Barrow, senior economist at the

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Education vs. Unemployment (2006)
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• No High School Diploma 11.8
• High School Diploma 6.1
• Some College 5.3
• Assoc. Degree (2 yrs) 3.9
• Bach. Degree (4 yrs) or higher 2.9

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Show Me the Numbers

• Computer and Math Occupations
• YEAR EMPLOYMENT ANNUAL
• 2,620,080 54,930
• 2005 2,952,740 67,100
• Were seeing just explosive growth in
  everything in the tech sector, said Chad Macy, a
  high-tech recruiter in Austin.

CSTA - 9/2006
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in Thousands
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Questions?
Research is what I'm doing when I don't know
what I'm doing. -Wernher von Braun-
Research and PowerPoint thanks to Travis
Griswold-Jamison Fitzsimmons