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According to Code.org® here are some interesting facts about Computer Science in California
- California currently has 94,162 open computing jobs (3.2 times the average demand rate in California).
- The average salary for a computing occupation in CA is $115,754, which is significantly higher than the average salary in the state ($59,150). The existing open jobs alone represent a $10,899,586,256 opportunity in terms of annual salaries.
- California had only 7,311 STEM bachelor's degrees in Computer Science in 2018; only 19% were female.
- In California, only 47% of all public high schools teach computer science.
- Only 685 schools in CA (28% of CA schools with AP programs) offered an AP Computer Science course in 2017-2018 (20% offered AP CS A and 20% offered AP CSP), which is 105 more than the previous year.
- Universities in California only graduated 2 new teachers prepared to teach computer science in 2017.
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