In the U.S. there is a documented deficit of students entering STEM fields, which includes (but is not limited to) CS. My thesis is that this is because these

In the U.S. there is a documented deficit of students entering STEM fields, which includes (but is not limited to) CS. My thesis is that this is because these subjects are objectively harder than, say, business or English. Whether it's politically correct or arrogant to say so has no bearing on whether it's true or not.