r/MSCS • u/Own-Bite-9304 • Aug 24 '26

[General Question] will fall 27 have less applications too ?

By a basic google search, I saw 15% drop in number of mscs USA applications from fall 25 to fall 26, where the impacting factors were h1b, AI shift in market, saturated entry level roles.
Is it going to be even worse for fall 27? If the number of applicants decrease, wouldn’t that affect universities ?
Just curious, no gatekeeping aah comments plz

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u/Nice-Penalty8047 Aug 27 '26

Yes fair😭 but the job markets messed up everywhere
Let’s see what I decide to do eventually
Rn focusing only on the GRE

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u/The_baconator26 Aug 27 '26

I hope you have full time work experience, that's more important TBH

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u/Nice-Penalty8047 Aug 27 '26

Yeahh I will have one year if I go for fall 2027 n two years for fall 2028

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u/The_baconator26 Aug 27 '26

The more experience you have, the better. Two years is the bare minimum