Average wages for jobs in data science over the last two years rose by 16% — much faster than the national rate: just over 2% — and the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that by 2024, data scientists and other computer and information researcher positions will have grown 11% over a 10-year period.
For students choosing careers, data science presents an opportunity to be in demand. Although students in the U.S. are studying data analytics at higher rates, a report from McKinsey projects that by next year the job market could be short as many as 250,000 data scientists. That’s one of the reasons Adobe today launches its 12th Adobe Analytics Challenge, a competition that asks student teams to use data from a corporate partner to solve business challenges.
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