Computer Science: The major most students regret

College Majors Math/Computer Science Majors
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<p><a href="http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/the-surprising-college-major-many-graduates-now-regret/article/2551857"&gt;http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/the-surprising-college-major-many-graduates-now-regret/article/2551857&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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In a survey of Americans' personal financial situations released by the Federal Reserve Thursday, nearly half of the respondents who majored in computer science or information science said that the costs of college outweighed the benefits.</p>

<p>Fewer than a quarter said the benefits outweighed the costs.

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<p>Thoughts?</p>

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<p>I just noticed the survey lumped in “Information Science” with Comp Sci. That probably explains the low score!</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.federalreserve.gov/econresdata/2013-report-economic-well-being-us-households-201407.pdf#page=30”>http://www.federalreserve.gov/econresdata/2013-report-economic-well-being-us-households-201407.pdf#page=30&lt;/a&gt; is the Federal Reserve report.</p>

<p>The survey size was 560 people who still have student loan debt.</p>

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<p>Something seems fishy about that report.</p>

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<p>I hope that’s not true…</p>

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<p>The small sample size and the mixing of CS and what are probably the business-based MIS/IS/IT majors makes the conclusion unreliable.</p>