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At nyu, that translated into a 94% placement rate for computer science grads last spring. >> for the class of 2011, computer science majors did the best on the job hunt. 56% had a job offer before congratulation compared with 41% overall. >> what are your friends telling you who aren't computer science majors about getting a job? >> they think i don't live in reality. >> reporter: an average starting salary of $66,000 and job security may be why the major is taking off. with enrollment at nyu up 50% since 2007. >> many students whether they're computer science majors or not are starting to sun...

At nyu, that translated into a 94% placement rate for computer science grads last spring. for the class of 2011, computer science majors did the best on the job hunt. 56% had a job offer before graduation, compared with 41% overall. what do your friends tell you who aren't computer science majors about getting a job? >> they think i don't live in reality. >> reporter: an average starting salary of $66,000, and job security, may be why the major is taking off. with enrollment at nyu up 50% since 2007. >> many students, whether they're computer science majors or not, are starting to understand t...

The world. >> reporter: facebook founder mark zuckerberg may have dropped out of college but back on campus computer science is hot and students with coding skills are burning up the job market. by graduation how many companies reached out to you about working for them? >> i'd say between 10 and 20 reached out to me just before graduating. >> how many job offers did you get? >> around four or five. >> you haven't even graduated yet. how many companies have reached out to you? >> between 10 and 20. >> it is a common story for computer science majors. >> most of my friends are also getting -- ha...

Existing same-sex marriages in the country. how is that for small government? his position if we only banned abortion, then we could afford social security? that baffled even the usually unflappable greta van susteren at fox news. >> what happened, there was a caller that called into a radio station up in lavonia -- excuse me, new hampshire. and they called in and said, made the point, that because of the number of abortions in america, that there are fewer people out there working and, of course, social security is based on having people working to support those who are in retirement. and one...

Unflappable greta van susteren at fox news. >> what happened, there was a caller that called into a radio station up in lavonia -- excuse me, new hampshire. and they called in and said, made the point, that because of the number of abortions in america, that there are fewer people out there working and, of course, social security is based on having people working to support those who are in retirement. and one of the problems with social security is a demographic problem which is people are living longer and collecting benefits on social security. and our birthrate is lower. we are now not at ...