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MIT’s AI Major Is Generating High Enrollment
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As AI seemingly takes over every facet of the business world, majoring in the technology is becoming the hottest undergraduate track.
Why It Passes: For the past two to three decades, earning a computer science degree has been the best way to enter the tech industry, promising graduates plenty of good, high-paying jobs. That has come crashing down with the advent of AI, which is now taking over coding capabilities and leaving computer science grads with fewer opportunities. So, getting a degree in AI is now the natural alternative.
Behind The Program: Incoming college students are now saying, “If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.” And dozens of universities are opening new programs to meet growing demand, per The NYT.
MIT’s “AI and decision-making” major is now the school’s second-largest major after computer science.
The University of South Florida launched a college of “AI and cybersecurity.”
State University of New York at Buffalo minted a “department of AI and society,” which offers several interdisciplinary degree tracks.
University of California, San Diego — which is part of one of the largest state university systems in the country — rolled out an AI major this year.
Final Test: AI’s gain is computer science’s loss. While there were roughly 173,000 computer science undergrads last year, 62% of programs reported enrollment declines this year. Students are simply too worried about endless headlines of layoffs at once-reliable employers like Meta and Amazon, which are now turning to AI systems to write code. That’s backed up by the Computer Research Association’s survey of 133 programs, which found that 66% either strongly or somewhat agreed that recent graduates are having a hard time finding jobs.
The Future: The next generation could see two divergent career paths — one toward cutting-edge AI and the other reaching for tangible blue-collar trades.
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Today’s email was written by David Vendrell.
Edited by Nick Comney. Polled and Copy-edited by Kait Cunniff.
Published by Darline Salazar.