From AI to Absorption: Office Demand, AI Talent Concentrations, and What it Means for Data Centers

The 25 highest ranked programs are seeing a higher share of total completions than in the past Number of AI-Related Degrees Nearly Tripled from 2010

AI-Related Degree Completions, 2010-2021

Universities with most AI-related completions in 2021

80

16%

Univ. of Maryland Global Campus

14% 14% 13%

70

14%

13%

13% 13%

Univ. of Maryland-College Park

12% 12%

12%

11%

60

12%

USC

10% 11%

50

10%

Univ. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

UC-Berkeley

40

8%

Thousands

Penn State

30

6%

UC-Irvine

20

4%

ASU

10

2%

Columbia

0

0%

UNC Chapel Hill

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500

Total Completions Top 25 Total Completions Top 25 Percent of Total

Source: Cushman & Wakefield Research, Lightcast, 2023

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