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Employment
Texas IT Services 5-Year Employment Trends by Sector, 2007 to 2011
Source: Texas Workforce Commission. Data from second quarter of each year.
Education & Research
The IT services industry is dependent on a highly
educated workforce and first rate research and development
(R&D) activities. Texas’ higher education
institutions continue to graduate record numbers of
students, and in addition, there is a steady migration of
college graduates to Texas from other states and
countries. Texas is home to some of the nation’s top
ranked computer schools. The state’s universities are
conducting increasing amounts of IT services-related
R&D, leading to more patent and startup activity.
Texas Universities
In spring 2010, Texas graduated 18,780 students
with IT services-related degrees, according to the
National Center for Education Statistics.
In the 2010-11 academic year, Texas ranked No.
3 nationally for the number of schools (21)
offering video game design and development
degrees, according to the Entertainment Software
Association.
Five Texas Information Technology
Schools Rank in U.S. Top 100
In 2010, five Texas universities landed on U.S.
News & World Report’s Top U.S. computer
science school rankings:
No. 8: The University of Texas at Austin
No. 20: Rice University (Houston)
No. 47: Texas A&M—College Station
No. 79: The University of Texas at Dallas
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No. 90: The University of Texas at Arlington
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