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The author notices that the nr of bachelor degrees went down every year from 2005 until 2014, at which year it went up again. It takes 4 to 5 years from the mom
by misja111 6y ago
The author notices that the nr of bachelor degrees went down every year from 2005 until 2014, at which year it went up again.
It takes 4 to 5 years from the moment of choosing your study until earning your degree.
That means relatively many people chose a CS study in 2000 and also in 2009.
I guess the explanation for 2000 is that the dotcom bubble was still alive and well, the explanation for the popularity of 2009 must have been the credit crisis that made lots of people pursue the job certainty of a CS degree.
- ghaff 6y ago>I guess the explanation for 2000 is that the dotcom bubble was still alive and well, Storm clouds were on the horizon by late in 2000. But there was probably some delay, even maybe post 9/11, until the full scope of the carnage was obvious--and by then most students who entered in 2000 or even 2001 were more or less committed.
- rovolo 6y agoTheir choice of 2005 is definitely the culprit (4 years after the dot-com crash), and it's only gotten more obvious in the years since this post. There's been 60% growth in the number of "Computer and information sciences" (CIS) BAs since then, compared to 20% for Bio-science, 15% for Physical-science, 25% for math, and 40% for Engineering. https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d19/tables/dt19_322.10.asp https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d19/tables/dt19_322.10.a...