@starwalker13 My son is a BIT major. He chose it over Engineering after talking to several IT professionals. Their complaint was that Computer Science graduates understand computers but have no knowledge about how a business flows. He finished the year with a 3.9 GPA which is fantastic. It looks like the sophomore year will be harder with Accounting and Economics. The BIT major is capped and it looks as though they accept about 145 freshmen. Many Engineering students transfer into it but I’ve seen on my FB parents group they get denied if they don’t have a 3.5 GPA. I think they typically graduate 200 from the program. There are job fairs and my son already talked to an employer about an internship where they fly the students out for a weekend meet and greet.
At Pamplin orientation we were told BIT graduates are their highest paid graduates and the most recruited. My son was paid for ten hours a week second semester to do some online work for the county we live in. They hired him full time for the summer. He’s already met a lot of the BIT faculty and loves the school. He’s very happy he didn’t major in Engineering.