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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Practically all CS departments (public, private) have been seeing a decline in [url=https://marketviewedu.com/blog/why-is-computer-science-enrollment-declining-and-what-comes-next/]CS applications[/url] that started in 2024.  Numbers from EA interest for the Fall 2026 cohort indicate a further drop.

This seems to be the year to get into CS programs.
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Hold on.  Depends on the school.  CMU, MIT, CalTech, etc. are still receiving record numbers of applications for CS.  It is still the TOUGHEST admit.[/quote]

What you say is still true, but there’s a more important part of the reality that you are omitting.  Our DC graduated from CMU 2 years ago (non-CS degree) and none of his friends (who did graduate w/ CS degrees) have jobs - they’re now looking at grad school as all those lovely entry level jobs have all but disappeared and been replaced with AI.  [/quote]

They have also been replaced by recent international students who can stay and work in the US for 3 years under the OPT program (different than H-1B). There is an unlimited amount of international student eligible for the program AND employers do NOT have to pay FICA taxes for these workers so they save almost 8% by hiring international students.

The number of individuals participating in the Optional Practical Training (OPT) program in the U.S. during calendar year 2024 was approximately 418,781.[/quote]

The maximum duration of OPT is [url=https://www.uscis.gov/working-in-the-united-states/students-and-exchange-visitors/optional-practical-training-opt-for-f-1-students]12 months[/url], not 3 years.[/quote]

CS is stem so it's additional 24 months.[/quote]
There were not 418,781 students on STEM OPTs.[/quote]

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