Career Paths in Computing

Computing is: Creative, Social, In demand! See videos at

2.8 million STEM openings Reproduced in PCAST Report to the President, Engage to Excel: Producing One Million Additional College Graduates with Degrees in STEM, Feb 2012, p million CS 0.5 million engineers Half of STEM job openings are for computer specialists

Computer Specialties in demand! From media.act.org/documents/CCCR12-NationalReadinessRpt.pdf

Other Career Paths need CT Computational Thinking (CT) Using automation, abstraction, and analysis. It’s more than programming! All STEM jobs need CT Skills Non-STEM jobs need CT Skills Especially needed are ________ Who Program Biologists Who Program Marketing Specialists Who Program

Computer Engineering Includes hardware. Hardware/software/communications.Computer Engineering Computer Science Most common degree category. Broad, emphasizing math.Computer Science Information Technology Infrastructure and user needs. Can include systems to support learning and information dissemination.Information Technology Information Systems Handling information for businesses and other organizations.Information Systems Software Engineering Focus on large-scale software systems, emphasizes collaboration, reliability, maintainability.Software Engineering Computing Degrees and Careers

OCCUPATION ENTRY-LEVEL EDUCATION 2010 MEDIAN PAY Computer Support Specialists Some college, no degree $46,000 Computer Programmers Bachelor’s degree$71,000 Computer Systems Analysts Bachelor’s degree$78,000 Database Administrators Bachelor’s degree$73,000 Information Security Analysts, Web Developers, and Computer Network Architects Bachelor’s degree$76,000 Network and Computer Systems Administrators Bachelor’s degree$69,000 Software Developers Bachelor’s degree$91,000 Computer and Information Research Scientists Doctoral or professional degree $101,000 Occupational Outlook

References PCAST (2012). Engage to Excel: Producing One Million Additional College Graduates with Degrees in STEM, p.76. Retrieved from stp/pcast-engage-to-excel-final_feb.pdf stp/pcast-engage-to-excel-final_feb.pdf ACM (2013) Computing Degrees and Careers. Retrieved from