Longtime UW professor Ed Lazowska said there is usually a winner and one or two honorable mentions, and that in the U.S. alone there are more than 2,000 computer science PhD dissertations annually.

In contrast, majors such as nutrition sciences, construction services, and civil engineering have some of the lowest unemployment rates, ranging between 1 percent and as low as 0.4 percent.

The U.S. News graduate program rankings are based on ratings by department chairs and directors of graduate studies at universities offering a PhD in computer science. Respondents were asked to ...

Beyond computer programming, computer science assists in various additional roles within the business landscape, such as game development, IT administration, web development, and systems analysis.

Ways to get more students from under-represented backgrounds into computer science, including offering joint undergraduate degrees and master’s degrees that require no tech background Given the ...

An online computer science certificate can help you learn in-demand technical skills and qualify for new jobs with better pay. It can also help you get a promotion or raise in your current role ...

High interest in the field has led to overcrowded classes and other issues. Now some institutions are adding requirements to help force students out of the major. Before this year, if you wanted to ...

The average starting salary for someone with a computer-science degree is significantly higher than that of a mid-career English graduate, according to the Federal Reserve; at Google, an entry ...

Despite growing demand for computer science skills in professional careers and many areas of life, K-12 schools struggle to teach computer science to the next generation.. However, a new approach ...

University data shows that there were 925 computer science majors at College Park in 2010. By last fall, the total had more than tripled to 3,329, including specialty tracks such as machine ...