the worst nightmare of a college student has got to be graduating without a job. and the college major that a student selects can actually increase his or her chances of getting stuck in an unemployment line.
college majors that are hampered by highunemployment rates include a variety of psychology degrees, fine arts and architecture. the georgetown university center on education and the workforce delved into u.s. census bureau statistics to determine the employment rates of 173 college majors; i crossed them against a list of the most popular college majors.
college majors with the highest unemployment
curse of the psychology major?
five of the college majors with the worst job prospects on this list are related to psychology. ironically, psychology is the fifth most popular college degree.
with the the housing market in what seems to be a never-ending funk, it's no wonder that many young architects are collecting unemployment.
i'm also not surprised by the high unemployment rate of library scientists, particularly as some colleges and other institutions are questioning the need for large expensive buildings to house collections that can be stored on computers. i happen to know a young library science major and he's been looking for at least two years for a job in that field.
From: www.cbsnews.com