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The 10 Majors With the Highest Unemployment Rates in the U.S. π¨βπ
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What weβre showing
The top 10 U.S. majors, ranked by the unemployment rates of recent graduates.
Underemployment rate was included for additional context. Underemployment is when workers are working less than full-time or in insufficient jobs for their education/training.
These figures come from the New York Federal Reserve, and are as of Feb 2024.
Dataset
Major | Unemployment Rate (%) | Underemployment rate (%) |
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Art History | 8.0 | 62.3 |
Liberal Arts | 7.9 | 56.7 |
Fine Arts | 7.9 | 55.5 |
Aerospace Engineering | 7.8 | 17.9 |
History | 7.5 | 53.5 |
English Language | 6.6 | 48.4 |
Mass Media | 6.3 | 47.7 |
Physics | 6.2 | 31.2 |
Commercial Art & Graphic Design | 6.0 | 33.7 |
Sociology | 5.5 | 49.6 |
Data sources
Figures are for 2022. Unemployment and underemployment rates are for recent college graduates (that is, those aged 22 to 27 with a bachelor's degree or higher).
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