US CS enrollment down 18.4% in two years as one bet contrarians will win the AI era
bendee983 · x · 2026-11-16
Preliminary data from the National Student Clearinghouse shows US computer and information science enrollment falling sharply: down more than 12% for undergraduates and 10% for graduate students this fall, and down 18.4% (undergrad) and 27.1% (grad) over two years, reversing years of growth as AI cuts into entry-level coding jobs.
Against that backdrop, bendee983 offers a contrarian take: those unafraid of the "AI will destroy software engineering" hype who keep learning CS and engineering fundamentals will be the big winners of the next 2-5 years. He argues that even with AI advances, a growing software market will still need more engineers, including juniors.
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