Tag: Higher Education
Amazon awarding $40K Scholarships and Internships to college students majoring in Computer Science
Scholarship recipients awarded $10,000 per year for 4-years to study computer science starting this fall at the college of their choice. All of the recipients demonstrated financial need and more than half of the students are from an underrepresented group in the computer science field. Students also receive a guaranteed, paid internship opportunity at Amazon after their freshman year of college.
College majors graduating in STEM fields poised to earn the best salaries in 2019
Grads with engineering ($69,188), computer science ($67,539), and math and sciences degrees ($62,177) are projected to be the top-paid graduates in 2019.
Employers look for specific skills to be cited on college grads’ resumes
College students seeking full-time employment after graduation should be certain to craft a well-written resume, as employers responding to a survey released on December 4 conducted by the National Association […]
Harford Community College students participate in the Baltimore Cyber Range Competition
A team of students from Harford Community College participated in the Baltimore Cyber Range (BCR) Security Operations Center/Defensive Operations Exercise Scenarios held at the BCR in Baltimore on November 17. […]
Job Outlook 2019: Employers plan to increase new college grad hires by almost 17%
Employers expect to hire 16.6 percent more new graduates from the Class of 2019 than they did from the Class of 2018 for positions in the United States, according to […]
Amazon launches childhood-to-career program to inspire underprivileged youth to build careers in computer science
The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that by 2020 there will be 1.4 million computer-science-related jobs available – but only 400,000 computer science graduates with the skills to apply for […]
Class of 2018 college grads’ salaries keeping pace with last year’s salaries
The average starting salary paid to Class of 2018 college graduates is showing little change from that paid to their Class of 2017 counterparts, according to results of a survey […]
Class of 2017: 80% of college grads either employed or continuing education
More than four-fifths of Class of 2017 graduates were employed or taking part in additional education within six months of graduation, according to results of a survey conducted by the […]
Class of 2017’s top-paid Master’s degree major: Computer and Information Sciences
The Computer and Information Sciences majors were among the Class of 2017’s top-paid college graduates at the advanced degree levels according to results of a new report from the National […]
Starting salaries for class of 2017 college grads remain flat
Class of 2017 bachelor’s degree graduates earned starting salaries that average $50,516, which is up just 0.3 percent over last year’s final average starting salary of $50,359 for the Class […]
