[zach]

Very much so — this was looking at graduation, so even its most recent data from 2015 represented students who applied to college no later than spring of 2011.

Since then, computer science has certainly been growing: “The number of students nationwide seeking four-year degrees in computer and information sciences and related fields shot up 34 percent from 2017 to 2022, to about 573,000, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/19/college-...

Even at that rate, colleges cannot meet demand and CS majors are difficult to be admitted to even for the most competitive college applicants: https://www.geekwire.com/2022/it-is-not-acceptable-uw-comput...

The major is so sought-after that as of last year, UIUC has closed computer science for transfer from other majors: https://cs.illinois.edu/admissions/undergraduate/transfer-st...

[zeroonetwothree]

Even when I was applying in 2004 several colleges had restricted transfers. So I guess it was similar as a result of the dot com boom.

[jcjr81]

I believe Univ of Michigan has done the same as UIUC. At least that’s what they told my son when he applied