Field in Focus: Mobile App Developer

Mobile application development is one of the fastest growing and most in-demand areas in the computer science field with a 19 percent growth in jobs by 2022. Businesses need to be in contact with mobile-device users to keep them interested in their companies. A mobile app developer has the expertise to invent a new mechanism of communication between business services and mobile users.

Many technical schools and colleges and universities offer software development certificates or degree programs, but a handful have created specific mobile app development pathways.