Georgetown’s recent survey provides insight into the salary and unemployment prospects by college major. Here’s what we learned: if you major in nursing you will definitely find a job (2.2% unemployment). Also, the study basically confirms what we already know; business, engineering, and computer related majors enjoy the highest wages. Below are the top twenty five. For a complete list, click here.
Major field | Unempl % | Earnings(50th %) | |
1 | Business mgmt. & administration | 6.00% | $56,000 |
2 | General business | 5.30% | $59,000 |
3 | Acounting | 5.40% | $61,000 |
4 | Nursing | 2.20% | $60,000 |
5 | Psychology | 6.10% | $43,000 |
6 | Marketing & marketing research | 5.90% | $59,000 |
7 | Communications | 6.30% | $50,000 |
8 | Elementary education | 3.60% | $40,000 |
9 | General education | 4.20% | $41,000 |
10 | Computer science | 5.60% | $77,000 |
11 | English language & literature | 6.70% | $48,000 |
12 | Finance | 4.50% | $65,000 |
13 | Criminal justice & fire protection | 4.70% | $50,000 |
14 | Biology | 5.60% | $51,000 |
15 | Political science & government | 6.00% | $57,000 |
16 | Economics | 6.30% | $69,000 |
17 | Electrical engineering | 5.00% | $86,000 |
18 | History | 6.50% | $50,000 |
19 | Sociology | 7.00% | $45,000 |
20 | Liberal arts | 7.60% | $48,000 |
21 | Commercial art & graphic design | 8.10% | $45,000 |
22 | Fine arts | 7.40% | $44,000 |
23 | Mechanical engineering | 3.80% | $81,000 |
24 | General engineering | 5.90% | $73,000 |
25 | Journalism | 7.00% | $50,000 |
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