Computer Science Graduates are in Demand Nationally the

The Computer Science Program is growing rapidly. Number of CS Majors By Classification CLASSIFICATION

The number of sections offered is growing. Number of CS Sections Per Year 2007

The average number of students per section is growing. Number of Students Per Section

Retention is rising. Number of CS Freshmen to Next-Year Sophomores 2010 -2011 -2012 -2013

Faculty Mix. CS Faculty Mix Tenured Faculty Tenure-Track Faculty Contract Faculty One-Year Contract Faculty

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Computer Science Graduates are in Demand. Nationally, the demand for graduates with Bachelor’s Degrees in the areas most of our graduates are initially employed is rising.

The Computer Science Program is growing rapidly. Number of CS Majors By Classification CLASSIFICATION 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 FRESHMAN 14 23 35 38 54 51 64 51 54 65 SOPHOMORE 13 14 13 13 17 18 26 27 33 39 JUNIOR 15 21 13 10 16 16 26 26 38 45 SENIOR 26 23 27 20 13 18 19 31 34 40 TOTAL 68 81 88 81 100 103 135 159 189 The number of students declaring Computer Science as their major has grown significantly in the past ten years. The number of declared majors has grown 89% in the past 5 years and 178% in the past 10 years.

The number of sections offered is growing. Number of CS Sections Per Year 2007 20 2008 21 2009 22 2010 22 2011 21 2012 20 2013 19 2014 23 2015 26 The number of sections needed to support the needs of the students in the Computer Science Program is growing. 2016 28

The average number of students per section is growing. Number of Students Per Section 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 11. 75 14. 48 14. 91 16. 50 17. 24 20. 35 24. 20 22. 00 22. 42 22. 93 Computer Science faculty members consider 24 to be the ideal size of many of the project-oriented sections which make up the majority of sections offered. The average section size of 22. 93 for the 2016 academic year means that many of the sections offered are larger than ideal.

Retention is rising. Number of CS Freshmen to Next-Year Sophomores 2010 -2011 -2012 -2013 -2014 -2015 33% 51% 42% 65% 72% Examining the number of students majoring in CS from the freshman level in one year to the sophomore level in the following year (from fall to fall), reveals the following improvement in retention from year to following year.

Faculty Mix. CS Faculty Mix Tenured Faculty Tenure-Track Faculty Contract Faculty One-Year Contract Faculty Adjunct Faculty 2012 0 0 1 1 2 2013 0 1 1 1 2 2014 0 2 1 0 2 2015 0 2 1 0 2