<p>Economic and industry conditions can change in four years. Those who majored in the “hot” majors in 2005-2006 (e.g. civil engineering) graduated into the crash. Meanwhile, the computer / IT bust of the early 2000s caused enrollment in CS to drop significantly at around the same time, but CS is now one of the better majors for job and career prospects.</p>
<p>This does not mean the civil engineering job and career prospects will be good in four years, but it also means that it is unlikely to be permanently bad (unlike for some majors where there is a constant oversupply of graduates relative to major-specific jobs, regardless of the economic and industry cycles).</p>
<p>You check how things were over the years in the <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/internships-careers-employment/1121619-university-graduate-career-surveys.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/internships-careers-employment/1121619-university-graduate-career-surveys.html</a> .</p>