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FIND YOUR SCHOOL
UX Designer

◆ Carnegie Mellon University
◆ Georgia Institute of Technology
◆ Massachusetts Institute of Technology
◆ Michigan Technological University
◆ University of California, multiple campuses

Data Scientist

◆ Columbia University
◆ Indiana University
◆ Syracuse University
◆ University of San Francisco
◆ University of Wisconsin, multiple campuses

App Developer

◆ Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
◆ New York University
◆ Stanford University
◆ University of Denver
◆ University of Southern California

➽ APP DEVELOPER
If you want personal confirmation of the bright job prospects for those with the tech
chops needed to create apps, perform this little exercise: take out your mobile
phone and click your way to the app store. There you will find all flavors of mobile
applications - some of them free, others costing upward of $10 - that allow users
to do everything from monitoring their daily exercise or watching TV shows to
searching for Pokémon characters or finding a date. App development, to put it
mildly, is a growing and lucrative field, with over 740,000 people working on apps
today and 22.7 percent expected job growth from 2015 to 2025. The median annual
salary for those able to create the next Candy Crush or XpenseTracker isn't shabby
either: app developers can expect to earn around $96,400, compared to the median
salary of $43,430 for all other jobs. As much as this is a field that seems to reward
a sense of fun and creativity, it's not one that can be entered without serious STEM
skills. A college degree in computer science or software engineering is standard,
though a master's will likely open even more doors.

Computer Scientist

◆ Arizona State University
◆ California Polytechnic State University
◆ Colorado State University
◆ Gonzaga University
◆ Rochester Institute of Technology

➽ COMPUTER SCIENTIST
You don't have to be a business school
graduate to understand that the economic
principle of supply and demand applies to
the job market. And if you have a computer
science degree, it's an equation that very
much works in your favor. Indeed, a recent
study found that over the next decade there
will be 1 million more computing jobs than
there are students to fill them - a potential
loss of $500 billion in salaries. What that
means for people who have computer
science skills is clear: it translates into
plenty of choices, generous salaries, and job
security. But what does it actually mean to
be a computer scientist? It depends. Those
with computer science degrees can pursue
a variety of specific jobs, everything from
software developer and computer
programmer to network systems
administrator and web developer. The
salary, opportunities, and skills required for
each naturally vary. But the good news:
they're all in demand and won't be
disappearing anytime soon.

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WHAT THEY DO:

Create
applications for
mobile devices in
support of
organizational
objectives or
strategies.

POTENTIAL
EMPLOYERS:

Hitachi High
Technologies
America,
JPMorgan Chase,
Kforce, Tesla

SAMPLE
CURRENT
OPENINGS:

➽ UnitedHealth Group: APPLICATION
DEVELOPER. Responsible for development
and technical design for the Call Center
Agent Desktop application; develop
business solutions.
➽ UPS: SENIOR APPLICATION DEVELOPER.
Responsible for developing the applications
that track and move up to 38 million
packages in a single day (4.7 billion
annually).

WHAT THEY DO: Roles can
vary from software
developer and computer
programmer to network
systems administrator and
web developer.
POTENTIAL EMPLOYERS:

AT&T, General Dynamics
Information Technology,
IntelliGenesis, Raytheon

SAMPLE
CURRENT
OPENINGS:

➽ Adobe Systems:
COMPUTER SCIENTIST. Design
and develop new capabilities
in the company's mobile
applications. Build reusable
cross-app and/or
cross-platform components.

➽ Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory:
COMPUTER SCIENTIST.

Contribute to the analysis,
design, development, and
implementation of
web-based and scientific
software.

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