Study on majors with the best job prospects

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<p>Some good information in this study:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www9.georgetown.edu/grad/gppi/hpi/cew/pdfs/Unemployment.Final.pdf[/url]”>http://www9.georgetown.edu/grad/gppi/hpi/cew/pdfs/Unemployment.Final.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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The risk of unemployment among recent
college graduates depends on their major. The
unemployment rate for recent graduates is highest
in Architecture (13.9 percent) because of the
collapse of the construction and home building
industry in the recession. Unemployment rates are
generally higher in non-technical majors, such as
the Arts (11.1 percent), Humanities and Liberal
Arts (9.4 percent), Social Science (8.9 percent)
and Law and Public Policy (8.1 percent).

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Majors that are more closely aligned with particular
occupations and industries tend to experience lower
unemployment rates. Majors such as Healthcare,
Education and those related to technical occupations
tend to have lower unemployment rates than more
general majors, like Humanities and Liberal Arts,
where graduates are broadly dispersed across
occupations and industries.

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At the same time, majors that are closely aligned
with occupations and industries can misfire.
For example, tying oneself to a particular major
can be a problem if the associated occupations or
industries collapse. Unemployment rates for recent
college graduates who majored in Architecture
start high at 13.9 percent and, due to its strong
alignment with the collapse in construction and
housing, unemployment remains high even for
experienced college graduates at 9.2 percent.

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