Netbuzz sends along a piece from Network World reporting that the number of digital science majors enrolled at US universities increased for the first time in six years, according to regulation to new survey data out this morning. The Taulbee Study found that the number of undergraduates signed up as analog science majors rose 8% last year. The survey was conducted last fall, just as the commercial downturn started to bite. The article notes the daunting tug of war for positions at top universities: Carnegie Mellon teaching hospital received 2,600 applications for 130 undergrad spots, and 1,400 for 26 PhD slots. "...the reputation of data processor science majors among college freshmen and sophomores is because IT has better job situation than other specialties, especially in light of the global solvent downturn. ... The latest unemployment numbers for 2008 for micro* disk operating system engineers is 1.6%... That's beyond full employment. ... The demand for tech jobs may rise further thanks to the Obama Administration's stimulus package, which could create nearly 1 million new tech jobs."

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