Fewer US College Students Major in CS. More Choose Data Science, Engineering

“From 2008 to 2024, the number of four-year computer science degrees granted rose about fivefold…” reports the Washington Post. Then in 2025 CS suddenly dropped from the fourth-largest undergraduate major to sixth, they report (citing data from the nonprofit National Student Clearinghouse, which compiles numbers from 97% of U.S. universities. The 54,000-student drop was “the biggest one-year drop of any major discipline going back to at least 2020.” But what major are they choosing instead?