{"id":27538,"date":"2023-02-23T12:19:16","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T17:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/?p=27538"},"modified":"2023-02-23T12:19:16","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T17:19:16","slug":"new-data-on-high-paying-jobs-puts-spotlight-on-met-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/2023\/02\/23\/new-data-on-high-paying-jobs-puts-spotlight-on-met-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"New Data on High-Paying Jobs Puts Spotlight on MET Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"

The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has released new data on which career tracks have the most promising professional outlooks through 2030, bringing to light the value of many Metropolitan College programs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Director of\u00a0<\/span>Cybercrime Investigation & Cybersecurity<\/a>\u00a0programs and Professor of the Practice\u00a0<\/span>Kyung-shick Choi<\/a>\u00a0spoke with BU Today about the tremendous need for information security analysts, which are projected to be the nineteenth-fastest growing career with an employment percentage increase of 33.3 percent.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2021, the median pay for information security analysts was $102,600, and as Dr. Choi explained to BU Today, the need for individuals in these roles is widespread\u2014especially in public industries critical to infrastructure. \u201cI\u2019m personally very concerned about the healthcare\/public health sector,\u201d he said. \u201cInformation security analysts are essentially needed for healthcare\/public health sector.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

MET has been a leader in the cross-disciplinary field of information security since 2004, and offers a host of degree and certificate programs designed to support a career in cybercrime investigation, cybersecurity, and information security\u2014including the\u00a0<\/span>MS in Criminal Justice with concentration in Cybercrime Investigation & Cybersecurity<\/a>, the\u00a0<\/span>MS in Computer Information Systems with concentration in Security<\/a>, and the\u00a0<\/span>MS in Computer Science with concentration in Security<\/a>, as well as four-course certificate options such as the\u00a0<\/span>Cybercrime Investigation & Cybersecurity Graduate Certificate<\/a>, the\u00a0<\/span>Digital Forensics Graduate Certificate<\/a>, and the\u00a0<\/span>Information Security Graduate Certificate<\/a><\/p>\n

Data scientists and related occupations are also expected to be in high demand, ranking as the twenty-ninth-fastest growing profession and featuring a projected employment increase of 31.4 percent. The median pay of a data scientist was $100,480 last year.<\/span><\/p>\n

At MET, learners motivated by the considerable career opportunities in data science have a number of educational pathways they may pursue, including the\u00a0<\/span>MS in Applied Business Analytics<\/a>, the\u00a0<\/span>MS in Applied Data Analytics<\/a>, the\u00a0<\/span>MS in Computer Information Systems with concentration in Data Analytics<\/a>, the\u00a0<\/span>MS in Computer Science with concentration in Data Analytics<\/a>, the\u00a0<\/span>MS in Health Informatics with concentration in Applied Data Analytics<\/a>, the\u00a0<\/span>MS in Supply Chain Management with concentration in Analytics<\/a>, the\u00a0<\/span>Data Analytics Graduate Certificate<\/a>, and the\u00a0<\/span>Applied Business Analytics Graduate Certificate<\/a>. For those just getting acclimated to the study of analytics, MET offers the Pre-Analytics Laboratory AD 100.<\/span><\/p>\n

On a similar\u00a0<\/span>BLS list<\/a>, which excludes occupations with above average cyclical recovery, information security analysts are projected to be the sixth-fastest growing career, with data science ninth.<\/span><\/p>\n

The thirtieth-fastest growing profession, according to BLS, is that of the software developer, with a 22.2 percent expected growth rate. MET offers a\u00a0<\/span>MS in Software Development<\/a>\u00a0as well as a\u00a0<\/span>Software Engineering Graduate Certificate<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read more in\u00a0<\/span>BU Today<\/em><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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