U.S. News and World Report – Brian Burnsed
“”The job market is booming,” says Gopal Gupta, head of computer science at the University of Texas—Dallas, where 80 percent of 2011 computer science students already had jobs lined up before they received their diplomas. “With an increase in automation everywhere, the popularity of online social media, the increase in mobile devices, and countries where computing jobs are traditionally off-shored—particularly India—saturating their labor supply, the job prospects for young computing professionals, especially new graduates, are excellent…. For prospective computer science students, the downside to this employment surge is the resulting increase in applicants, which will likely create tougher admissions standards at programs nationwide.” (more)