37 Majors Have Unemployment Rates Higher Than non-college majors and college now doesn’t pay off in work for majority of men
As I posted before, the unemployment rate for recent college graduates has been significantly higher than the labor market taken as a whole across all workers, according to Federal Reserve Bank of New York data.
Even worse, Gen Z men with college degrees (taken as a whole across all majors) now have the same unemployment rate as non-grads. Meaning higher education no longer pays off for men when it comes to unemployment – though college grads make more than their non-college counterparts over their life.
In other data, these particular major’s have the worst unemployment rates. Interesting new ones on the list? Computer Science and Computer Engineering – almost at the top.
Anyone that doesn’t think that rampant over hiring during Covid and AI is actively reshaping the entire programming industry is fooling themselves. Especially since so many people are calling software a ‘cooked’ field now.
| College Major | Unemployment Rate |
| Anthropology | 7.90% |
| Computer Engineering | 7.80% |
| Fine Arts | 7.70% |
| Performing Arts | 7.00% |
| Computer Science | 7.00% |
| Architecture | 6.80% |
| Art History | 6.70% |
| Physics | 6.60% |
| Early Childhood Education | 6.60% |
| Environmental Studies | 6.30% |
| Medical Technicians | 6.20% |
| International Affairs | 6.10% |
| English Language | 6.10% |
| Information Systems & Management | 6.00% |
| Mathematics | 5.80% |
| Commercial Art & Graphic Design | 5.70% |
| Advertising and Public Relations | 5.70% |
| Pharmacy | 5.60% |
| Mass Media | 5.20% |
| Philosophy | 5.10% |
| Psychology | 5.00% |
| Business Analytics | 5.00% |
| Ethnic Studies | 4.90% |
| Chemical Engineering | 4.70% |
| Sociology | 4.60% |
| Political Science | 4.50% |
| Nutrition Sciences | 4.50% |
| General Engineering | 4.50% |
| Miscellaneous Biological Science | 4.40% |
| Mechanical Engineering | 4.40% |
| Marketing | 4.40% |
| History | 4.30% |
| General Business | 4.30% |
| Family and Consumer Sciences | 4.30% |
| Chemistry | 4.30% |
| Biology | 4.30% |
| Industrial Engineering | 4.20% |