Computer science has become the most popular and lucrative degree in the UK as teenagers paying nearly £30,000 for university tuition home in on courses that pay the highest salaries after they graduate.
Students applying to study a subject that includes robotics, video game design and cyberhacking have increased by 31 per cent since 2019, growing nearly 10 per cent in the past 12 months, making it the fastest-growing subject of choice in the country, according to The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024, published today.
Computer science is now the most competitive degree course at the University of Cambridge, with only 5.6 per cent of hopefuls admitted, the lowest ratio of applications to offers of any degree course at either
