Computer scientists invent and design new approaches to computing technology and find innovative uses for existing technology. They study and solve complex problems in computing for business, medicine, science, and other fields.
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Sample Companies who have hired WPI Computer Science Graduates
Air BNB
Amazon
BrainCo
DraftKings
Fidelity Investments
HubSpot
Kaon Interactive
Microsoft
MIT Lincoln Labs
State Street Corp.
Torc Robotics
Wayfair
Sample Graduate Schools
Brown University
Michigan State University
New York University
Northeastern University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
University of Michigan
University of Southern California
University of Virginia
WPI
Average Starting Salary:
$85,962
Sample Job Titles:
Software Engineer
Test Development Engineer
Quality Engineer
Front End Software Engineer
Systems Engineer
Cyber Security Engineer
Technical Support Engineer
Sample Major Qualifying Projects:
Computational analysis of a probabilistic card game
Developing a Credit Dashboard
eBay Selling Manage Application Development
Autonomous Snowblower
Designing an authentication system for AR devices
IoT Network Security