Taulbee Survey 2025: Annual Report

Computing Research Association

Introduction

The Computing Research Association (CRA) is pleased to present the results of the 55th annual CRA Taulbee Survey, a trusted resource documenting trends in student enrollment, degree production, faculty salaries, and employment of graduates in PhD-granting academic units across the United States and Canada focusing on computing fields (computer science (CS), computer engineering (CE), or information (IN)). The newly released report reflects data collected during the 2025-26 academic year. The time period that is covered depends on the content area. For example, degree production data refers to the 2024-25 academic year, enrollment data for new students reflect the current academic year (2025-26), while faculty salary information reflects salaries effective as of July 10, 2025.

Highlights from Taulbee Survey 2025

  • New enrollments declined across CS programs at every level in 2025, with CS Master’s hit hardest. New enrollments of CS students fell across all three degree levels in the longitudinal cohort compared to last year: Bachelor’s -12.9%†, Master’s -10.3%†, and Doctoral -15.0%†.

  • CS degree production at the Bachelor’s and Doctoral levels reached new highs in 2025; CS Master’s degrees stayed near record highs. CS Bachelor’s degrees awarded climbed to a record 32,266† (+48.5%† over five years, +12.8%† compared to 2024 Figure B1.a). CS Doctorates awarded reached a record 1,351† (+50.6%† over five years, +16.1%† compared to 2024, Figure D1.a). CS Master’s degrees awarded reached 16,001† in 2025, just off the 2024 peak and up 62.5%† over five years (Figure M1.a). Because degrees lag the point of entry by years, the 2025 enrollment drop has not yet reached degree counts.

  • Longitudinal cohort analysis shows reductions in total tenure-track faculty, however, units that participated this year reported expected growth in hiring over the next two years. In 2025, the total number of Assistant Professors fell 6.6%†, Associate Professors 1.1%†, and Full Professors 5.4%† across the longitudinal cohort (Figure F0.1). At the same time, reporting units anticipate next-year hiring of roughly +11.5% for Assistant Professors (Figure F1.a).

(† denotes figures from the longitudinal cohort; see Methods & Sample section for details)

What’s in This Report

At a glance, this year’s report covers the following: enrollment & degree production at the Bachelor’s, Master’s, and doctoral levels along with student demographic composition; growth & attrition of faculty within participating Taulbee units, along with faculty demographic composition; research expenditures; what they pay new and current faculty and graduate students; and where new faculty hires are coming from.

This report is structured as follows: Each major section opens with a short summary of findings. Following the summary, each section is divided into subsections to help improve the flow of the report, with some sections divided by tabs. Use the table of contents on the left to jump to a section. References throughout the report are clickable. Readers are encouraged to explore the Appendix to find historical tables and figures they typically rely on.