THE BIG REVEAL
addition to recently expanding access for K-12 students to STEM and computer science education.
Virginia Tech
The Innovation Campus, a $1 billion graduate studies project that will be located in Alexandria a mere jaunt from HQ2, is a massive stake in the ground for this new way of thinking. “It’s not just thinking about being a degree mill,” Mayer said of Virginia’s higher education partners’ role in supporting this evolved approach to creating industry partnerships. “It’s about thinking and delivering where you see the leading tech companies going.”
The greater D.C. area has more annual computer science graduates than all other metropolitan areas New computer science graduates, annually (bachelor’s degree and above) Number of new computer science graduates, 2015
Seattle
New York
1,340
6,032
Chicago
Boston
3,680
Philadelphia
2,891
1,850
Greater D.C.
Los Angeles 3,653
6,258
Phoenix
Atlanta Dallas 2,049
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SOURCE: NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS
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