What College Major Pays The Most

From The Chronicle of Higher Education : Employment rates are higher for recent college graduates than for those with less education, but job prospects vary by major, according to a report released last week by Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce. Architecture majors face the highest unemployment rate, 13.9 percent, of all 22- to 26-year-olds with bachelor's degrees. That's the result of the recession's toll on the construction industry, says the report, "Hard Times, College Majors, Unemployment, and Earnings: Not All College Degrees Are Created Equal." In general, the report says, unemployment is higher among recent graduates in nontechnical fields of study, such as the arts (11.1 percent) and humanities and liberal arts (9.4 percent). Graduates who studied either health or education, however, have unemployment rates of only 5.4 percent.




Eddie says this just proves that you should do what you love and not worry about the money.




It was surprising to the panel that architecture has the highest unemployment rate, and that psychology and social work pay is low.




No surprise that the least paid graduate students are art students.




As to graduate school for an NFA? Dorian says "no way. Not worth the money."




So, what should you study? The report says that if your major "sounds like a job" you'll be in better shape. For instance, you study engineering to become and engineer. Where that leaves English majors, we haven't a clue.

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[tipofmytongue1024]

Wow that was an extremely dysfunctional conversation. I would hate to read a transcript of this.

[MrBjp001]

It would be smart to go into engineering!