Who should get a master's degree in computer science | Fortune Education
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Abstraction: Career paths, salaries, and entry pathways for CS master's degree graduates
Key points:
- Computer and information scientists earn a median wage of $131,500 (2021 BLS data); 3,200 new job openings created annually; 11 of Glassdoor's top 15 jobs in America for 2022 are in computing.
- A CS background is not required: DePaul University offers a pathway for non-computing bachelor's graduates; more than half of its 2,500 graduates in 5 years used this non-CS pathway.
- Common job titles for MS CS graduates: software engineer, data scientist, full-stack engineer, ML engineer, cloud engineer, enterprise architect (median salary $144,997).
- Growing demand spans all industries, not just tech: cybersecurity alone has 700,000+ unfilled US positions.
- Master's degree helps career switchers convince employers even when self-taught skills are comparable.
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