<p>Do I really need to keep going here?</p>
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<p>Corporate recruitment of top computer science grads has remained steady throughout the economic downturn. Last spring, at the height of the recession, Georgia Tech’s College of Computing had the highest job placement rate of any major on campus and the highest starting salary.</p>
<p>“We had placed 87% of our undergraduates in jobs as of last spring,” says Cedric Stallworth, Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Enrollment at Georgia Tech’s College of Computing. “The financial sector credit card companies, insurance companies are very much interested in computer science students, as are defense companies and software development and networking companies.” </p>
<p>Computer science grads from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are being recruited by software, healthcare, trading and agricultural companies. Last year’s grads received an average of 2.3 job offers and had an average starting salary of more than $72,000 the highest of any starting salary in the university’s College of Engineering. </p>
<p>“We really didn’t see a drop in recruiting efforts,” says Cynthia Coleman, associate director of external relations for the University of Illinois’ Department of Computer Science. “We have seen a significant increase in companies in other industries that typically haven’t recruited in computer science interested in our students. What a lot of our students are going to realize is that every industry has computer science needs.”</p>