Computing touches everything.
Join the inventors, engineers, coders, and innovators of tomorrow here at Michigan Tech. Because tomorrow needs AI experts, cybersecurity specialists, and visionaries who champion big data and grand challenges. The future needs you. Look ahead to the College of Computing.
Computing is everywhere. Computing, computer science, and computer technology are part of just about everything that touches our lives from the cars we drive, the movies we watch, the ways businesses and governments conduct their activities, and the many ways we all interact with each other. Whether you want to be a scientist or teacher, develop an innovative application, or just know what it really means when someone says “the computer made a mistake”, studying computing will provide you with valuable knowledge.
Solve complex, challenging problems. Expertise in computing enables you to solve complex, challenging problems. Computing is a discipline that offers rewarding and challenging possibilities for a wide range of people regardless of their range of interests. Computing requires and develops capabilities in solving deep, multidimensional problems requiring imagination and sensitivity to a variety of concerns.
Make a positive difference. Computing drives innovation in the sciences, engineering, business, entertainment, education, and more. With a computing degree you can make a positive difference in the world.
Well-paid, respected careers. Computing jobs are among the highest paid and have the highest job satisfaction. In fact, there are more computing jobs than qualified people to fill them in the United States. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects growth rates of 13% in computing and information technology occupations from 2020 through 2030.