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Computer science

What in this major can only be learned at university?

10-SECOND VIEW

At a glance

4-year tuition
₩30.7mEngineering field avg ₩7.7m/yr × 4 (2026, before aid)
Total cost & opportunity cost
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Degree requirement
Portfolio can substituteNo statutory requirement; employers differ and portfolios can carry high value.
Lecture parts AI can cover
Languages, data structures, algorithms, code review, debugging
Hard for AI to replace
Large-team experience, assessing theoretical depth, a degree
Practice dependency
PartialMostly laptop work; hardware/semiconductor tracks need equipment.
Major–job match
Not confirmed by major · all 4-year grads 73.8% (KRIVET 2016)
Employment rate
70.4%Engineering field, all higher education, 2024 graduates
Where the school spends
Official averages by type (per-school data not loaded)
Confirmed audit / misconduct
See confirmed cases

Source: 교육부·한국대학교육협의회 (2026-04-29) · 교육부·국가데이터처·한국교육개발원 (한국교육신문 보도) (2025-12-30) · 한국직업능력연구원(KRIVET) (2016-01-15)

PRACTICE

Practice and substitutes

Partial AMS ANALYSIS

Mostly laptop work; hardware/semiconductor tracks need equipment.

Where the university is strong
Clean room
Partial substitutes
Circuit simulation, Virtual labNo evidence simulation equals real practice.

LEARNING BY DOING

Can it be learned on the job?

Failure costLow
Safety riskLow
Provable by portfolioHigh
LicencePortfolio can substitute

Cheap failure and public proof make it one of the best fits for project learning.

DEGREE NECESSITY

Degree necessity — six axes

License dependency
Low
Equipment dependency
Low
Employer degree filter
No data
Credential value
Partial
Network value
No data
AI lecture substitutability
High

Not combined into a score. Employer filters and network value stay empty without data (licensed jobs show the statutory rule).

ALUMNI

Alumni of this major

Answer at the alumni survey; distributions appear at 30+ responses.

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