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From Cyber Security to Video Game Design: The College Degrees of the 21st Century (Infographic) Technology and changing priorities have created fields of study that didn't exist in decades past.

By Kathleen Davis

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The way we consume news, interact with friends, even the way we learn has changed with the addition of new technologies. It should be no surprise then that college degrees have also changed. Some of the new hot fields for college students include digital forensics, cyber security, homeland security, game design, environmental studies and sustainability and nanotechnology.

Take a look at the infographic below, complied by TopDegreesOnline.org, to learn more about these emerging fields.

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From Cyber Security to Video Game Design: The College Degrees of the 21st Century (Infographic)

Kathleen Davis is the former associate editor at Entrepreneur.com.

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