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retiredfarmer:
@McMunter4210
If your major area of interest is CS, the latest salary and placement data from WPI may help. Go to https://www.wpi.edu/academics/departments/computer-science and read down to and click on “Link To The Most Recent Post-Grad Report” to download a PDF of the CS class of 2019. CS is on page 19 of this report. Class of 2020 is not out yet.
Note the list is only of accepted positions from employers for the class of 2019 in CS. The list is not restricted to just NE companies. Amazon & Amazon Robotics, CA Technologies, Facebook, Google, IBM, Microsoft, and Tesla are among those listed along with many national companies with roots all over the country, but a preponderance of them are probably east coast.
As WPI is a relatively small University, there should be many more employees from larger universities. WPI is pretty much saturated with CS recruiters. WPI only listed a total population of 148 BS graduates in CS in 2019. Look over the entire list!
Employment has not been an issue! Lets hope that 2020 data remains as strong for BS graduates. This virus should, I assume, be over by 2024.
I could not find job placement history broken down for CS majors on the VT website. I did find the CDS (common data set) but these department breakdowns were not given.
WPI graduates have not been having trouble finding jobs, particularly in CS. Even though I cannot find the CS specific data for VT, I suspect theirs is also very solid!
Check out each university’s program specifics.
So I will still get jobs at WPI right? People also keep telling me that VT will have more companies attending and better companies at their job fairs. If only there was a way to see which companies attend. I’m just wondering why WPI have such a great program yet no one even recognizes them around America (barely anyone outside New England) and internationally. I understand they are small, but there are tons of small schools with great reputations.