Which college majors most likely will land you a job

[QueEx]

New report: Which college majors
most likely will land you a job​

A new report confirms what we've pretty much known since the start of the recession: Not all college degrees are created equal.

Median earnings among recent college graduates range from $54,000 for engineering majors to $30,000 for arts; psychology and social work; and life and physical sciences. The highest paying majors continue to be in engineering, according to The "Hard Times, College Majors, Unemployement and Earnings 2013" report released Wednesday by Georgetown University's Public Policy Institute.

The report confirms that a college education still pays off in an economy recovering from recession, but not so much for some degrees, including recent architecture graduates (12.8%) and information systems graduates (14.7%), concentrated in clerical functions.

The lowest unemployment rate for recent college grads included nurses (4.8%, education (5%), engineering (7%), and health and sciences (4.8%).
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It Still Pays to Earna College Degree
But Not All College Degrees are created Equal​

While graduates, parents, and journalists raise thoughtful questions about the worth of a college degree, this update confirms what we’ve said all along: it still pays to earn one. As we recovered from the recession during 2010 and 2011, college graduates fared better than less educated workers.

Overall unemployment rates during this period were 9–10 percent for non-college graduates compared to 4.6–4.7 percent for college graduates 25 years of age or older.

However, recent college graduates with a Bachelor’s degree or better are still bearing the greatest unemployment risk, with unemployment rates ranging from a low of 4.8 percent to a high of 14.7 percent depending on their major.

Despite the slow recovery, the overall unemployment rate for recent college graduates is 7.9 percent and the overall unemployment rate for graduate
degree holders is 3.3 percent.


MAJORS WITH LOWEST
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES

* Nursing 4.8%

* Elementary Education 5.0%

* Physical Fitness, Parks & Recreation 5.2%

* Chemistry 5.8%

* Finance 5.9%



MAJORS WITH HIGHEST
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES

* Political Science 11.1%

* Film, Video & Photography Arts 11.4%

* Anthropology 12.6%

* Architecture 12.8%

* Information Systems 14.7%

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READ THE ENTIRE REPORT HERE: HARD TIMES - College Majors, Unemployment & Earnings

 

[Costanza]

This has definitely been known for years as far as engineering being at the top.

I think most people, like me, don't feel capable of or interested in being an engineer.

(If my life depended on it, I think I could be. What I mean is I'm not mathematically inclined and that's why I didn't pursue math.)

I'm a political science major and I definitely see that 11% with psci as #5. A lot of bitching but you should know the risk going in.

How young does someone have to be to realistically be on the engineer-path? Is that some shit you could just take up at 30 or do you need to be on the path before it's time to register for 10th grade classes?