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Computer science falls from fourth-largest major to sixth

development2026-04-20

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Four-year computer science degrees quintupled from 2008 to 2024 but fell from the fourth-largest major to sixth in 2025, the biggest one-year drop of any major since 2020, as colleges splintered the field into AI, data science, robotics and cybersecurity.

Reported metric: 4th → 6th

Reporting date: 2026-04-20 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to April 20, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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Welcome to April 20, 2026

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Apple sends 200 voice engineers to a coding bootcamp

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Welcome to April 20, 2026

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Computer science falls from fourth-largest major to sixth
Innermost Loop KB — secondary record
Reporting date: 2026-04-20
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-04-20-cs-degrees-fall-for-the-first-time
Claim: Four-year computer science degrees quintupled from 2008 to 2024 but fell from the fourth-largest major to sixth in 2025, the biggest one-year drop of any major since 2020, as colleges splintered the field into AI, data science, robotics and cybersecurity.
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- Welcome to April 20, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-april-20-2026
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