College Degrees That Could Leave You Unemployed
Want to give yourself the best shot at getting hired after graduation? Learn which majors to pursue this fall - and which ones to avoid.
From folklore to discrete mathematics, it seems colleges today offer
majors in almost everything. But unless you like the thought of
perpetually crashing on friends' couches after earning your degree, you
should consider whether your major would be a help or a hindrance to
your post-graduation job search.
So to help you make a more informed decision, we compiled a list of
majors that have yielded low and high unemployment rates for recent
graduates*, according to the 2013 study by the Georgetown University
Center on Education and the Workforce titled "Hard Times: College
Majors, Unemployment and Earnings."
While employment potential is important, a student should ultimately
select a field of study that truly interests him or her, says Eddie
LaMeire, a college admissions consultant and a former college admissions
counselor. Of course, even if the student is dead-set on becoming a
writer, for example, "maybe [they'll] pick up a minor in marketing after
seeing the stats," he points out.
Want to know which fields could give you the best chance at gainful
employment after graduating? Keep reading to learn more about some of
the worst and some of the best.
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