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Why Study Technology at Oswego

"Opportunities in Technology"

The Department of Technology likes to think of its recruitment program as a way of providing "opportunities in technology" - and what great opportunities there are!!!  Our department is the largest of its type in the country with approximately 370 undergraduates and 25 active graduate students.  The majority of the undergraduates are in the teaching B.S program, but the new Technology Management degree is growing quickly.  There are about 700 school districts in New York State, and nearly 3000 technology teachers.  Typically, about 10% of those teachers need to be replaced each year, due to attrition.  This would be 300 teachers needed!  Our graduating classes are typically about 75 students, so one sees how many employment opportunities there are in only New York State!

Add to this the need in other states, particularly those up and down the East coast, and the outlooks are terrific.  Many have very meager or non-existent technology teacher programs, and the number of positions offered our graduates balloons to about  ten!  And these are good salaried positions, most ten-month commitments, at an average of about $33,000.  There are much higher paying districts, with some offering near $50,000 after five years and a Masters Degree.  

This employment trend has been active for at least 25 years, and  is only getting stronger as the number of  "baby boomer" teachers retire.  Also,  salaries of SUNY Oswego technology graduates are typically some of the highest on campus, competing with Business Accounting, Computer Science, and others, especially  when considering an academic year (10 month) adjusted basis.

Students with a variety of hands-on technical skills (not ONLY computer skill !!!),  presentation & organizational skills, and academic skills, are highly valued in school and business workplaces.  Our students leave "knowing a little about many technologies", and are easily re-focused to their place of employment.  Their knowledge is combined with practice, so they can do more than just "talk on the phone", as one alumnus put it.

"Opportunities in Technology" is our recruitment slogan, and is surely not an empty promise!
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