Students can now major in drones at the University of North Dakota

Via Marketplace:

Ben Trapnell says, given the chance, “I absolutely believe that unmanned aircraft systems will have more money invested in them from a civil context than they ever did from a military context.”  Trapnell helped found and now teaches at the Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems at the University of North Dakota.  The program offers — essentially — a degree in drones.

There is more here, including this:

Some of the program’s students finds jobs that pay them well out of college — starting at $60,000 or $70,000 a year.

…though I wonder what the word “some” means in that sentence, and whether there will really be so much demand for drones.  There is a lesson to be had here about higher education, uncertainty, risk, and luck in the market.