{"id":16311,"date":"2026-05-15T07:31:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T14:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=16311"},"modified":"2026-04-26T07:38:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T14:38:30","slug":"dont-get-into-computers-kids-its-worse-than-an-art-degree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=16311","title":{"rendered":"Don’t get into computers kids – it’s worse than an art degree"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A recent study by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York<\/a> has confirmed what a lot of people have suspected. Getting a degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering is now as bad as an art degree when it comes to finding a job. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s no surprise given that software companies are staring down the barrel of AI development as well as laying off 10,000’s of workers every month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But in a shocking turn, it is now shown than half of majors are now worth pursuing as the return on the investment or chronic under-employment makes them not worth pursuing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Young people are noticing. Only 35% of 2025 respondents said a college degree is important<\/a>, down from 75% in 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Majors with the highest unemployment rates for 2024 grads<\/strong><\/td>Majors with the highest underemployment rates\u00a0for 2024 grads<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Anthropology:<\/strong>\u00a07.9%
Computer Engineering:\u00a0<\/strong>7.8%
Fine Arts:<\/strong>\u00a07.7%
Performing Arts:<\/strong>\u00a07.0%
Computer Science:\u00a0<\/strong>7.0%
Architecture:<\/strong>\u00a06.8%
Art History<\/strong>\u00a06.7%
Physics:<\/strong>\u00a06.6%
Early Childhood Education:\u00a0<\/strong>6.6%
Environmental Studies:\u00a0<\/strong>6.3%<\/td>		Criminal Justice:\u00a0<\/strong>65.8%
Performing Arts:<\/strong>\u00a063.9%
Fine Arts:\u00a0<\/strong>58.9%
Leisure and Hospitality:\u00a0<\/strong>58.1%
Agriculture:<\/strong>\u00a057.1%
Anthropology:<\/strong>\u00a055.3%
Liberal Arts:<\/strong>\u00a054.6%
Foreign Language:<\/strong>\u00a054.0%
Animal and Plant Sciences:\u00a0<\/strong>53.5%
Communications:\u00a0<\/strong>53.0%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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A recent study by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has confirmed what a lot of people have suspected. Getting a degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering is now as bad as an art degree when it comes to finding a job. It’s no surprise given that software companies are staring down the barrel of AI development as well as laying off 10,000’s of workers every month. But in a shocking turn, it is now shown than half…<\/p>\n

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