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CSE Selects Spring 2008 Student Marshals
by jenny on April 28, 2008 at 12:00am


CSE Annual Awards Ceremony
by jenny on April 16, 2008 at 4:24pm


CSE VPN Service Now Available
by jenny on February 20, 2008 at 12:00am


CSE/EE to Co-sponsor Silicon Valley Alumni Reception
by jenny on February 13, 2008 at 9:01am


Professors Kandemir, Raghavan, and Irwin to Receive the Best Paper Awards at IPDPS 2008
by jenny on January 28, 2008 at 10:38am


Penn State engineers help identify weaknesses in Ohio voting machines
by jenny on January 16, 2008 at 12:00am


Professor Yuan Xie Received a Best Paper Award at ASP-DAC 2008
by jenny on January 14, 2008 at 12:00am


Professor Chita R. Das Named as Distinguished Professor of CSE
by jenny on January 2, 2008 at 12:00am


CSE Undergraduate Student Selected as College of Engineering Marshall
by jenny on November 27, 2007 at 12:00am


Professor Patrick McDaniel to serve as Editor in Chief of the ACM Journal Transactions on Internet Technology
by jenny on October 31, 2007 at 9:15am


Dr. Jesse Barlow Honored for his 25 Years of Service
by jenny on October 31, 2007 at 12:00am


Professor Mary Jane Irwin Received the Anita Borg Technical Leadership Award
by jenny on October 31, 2007 at 12:00am

Feature Article

Are You Thinking About a Career as a Computer Scientist or Computer Engineer?

Are you thinking about a career as a computer scientist or computer engineer? Right now is the perfect time to earn a B.S. in computer science or computer engineering. According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), salaries for new graduates in computer science are $51,070 per year and computer engineering graduates are $55,936 per year (NACE Winter Salary Survey, 2007). NACE reports that employers in the Northeast will increase hiring by almost 17 percent. Please see the top ten degress in demand below, according to NACE.

Top 10 degrees in demand (bachelor's degree level)

  1. Accounting
  2. Business administration/management
  3. Computer science
  4. Electrical engineering
  5. Mechanical engineering
  6. Information sciences and systems
  7. Marketing/marketing management
  8. Computer engineering
  9. Civil engineering
  10. Economics/finance
Top degrees in demand (master's degree level)
  1. M.B.A.
  2. Electrical Engineering
  3. Computer Science
  4. Computer
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