The great computer science exodus (and where students are going instead)

Students are losing some interest in computer science broadly but gaining interest in AI-specific majors and courses.

Computer science enrollment falls across the University of California for the first time in 20 years

Data from the UC system show that 12,652 undergraduates are majoring in computer science this year, a 6% decline from 2024 and down 9% over two ...
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CS Majors Decline at UC for First Time Since Early 2000s

With the exception of UC San Diego, the University of California system is seeing a downward trend in undergraduate computer science majors amid looming questions about AI and traditional career paths ...
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Vietnamese student behind top 1% tech paper wins US national computing award

A Vietnamese student at Pomona College in California has been named one of just eight nationwide winners of a top U.S. computing research award, after co-authoring a paper ranked in the top 1% ...
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More California students than ever are heading out of state for college. Here's why

Javier Perez, a senior at Benjamin Franklin Senior High School in Highland Park, dreams of studying computer science at Dartmouth College. “For me, it’s really important to be surrounded by the right ...
The Daily Californian

Here’s how competitive it is to switch into computer science at UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley has long been considered among the world’s most selective colleges and is home to top-ranked programs in computer science, data science and statistics. UC Berkeley students seeking to add ...
The New York Times

College Students Flock to a New Major: A.I.

At M.I.T., a new program called “artificial intelligence and decision-making” is now the second-most-popular undergraduate major. By Natasha Singer Natasha Singer covers computer science and A.I.