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Unemployement by Major
Still in field by Major
 

 

This list shows the spot rate of alumni who stayed in their field after graduation for each major, obtained from the 13,247 alumni who have taken our survey.  Students leave their “field/major” for a number of reasons — usually insufficient salary, job satisfaction, or employment rates.

The number of surveys, years, major, motivation levels and tenacity all play a role. 
Not all the numbers are statistically significantthey are generated from varying survey data — use your best judgement

 

 

Major (sort)# Still in Field Rate
Accounting  
253
75.9%
Aerospace Engineering  
45
75.6%
Agriculture/Horticulture  
27
55.6%
Animal Studies  
12
66.7%
Anthropology  
59
49.2%
Archaeology  
5
60.0%
Architecture  
60
80.0%
Architecture & Urban Planning Department  
17
47.1%
Art & Design Department  
179
60.3%
Astronomy  
7
71.4%
Athletics/Training  
13
46.2%
Automotive Engineering  
19
47.4%
Biology  
330
71.8%
Business - Management and Administration  
1079
73.6%
Chemical Engineering  
60
73.3%
Chemistry  
108
69.4%
Civil Engineering  
89
76.4%
Communications  
359
61.6%
Computer Engineering  
80
78.8%
Computer Science  
397
82.9%
Criminal  
144
60.4%
Cultures/Civilization  
9
55.6%
Design Arts - Industrial Design/Graphic Design/etc  
101
78.2%
Economics  
285
67.4%
Education  
679
73.8%
Electrical Engineering  
176
82.4%
Engineering Department  
125
68.0%
English  
406
55.7%
Finance  
101
76.2%
Fine Arts - Painting/Sculpture/Photography/etc  
89
55.1%
Geography and Geosciences  
83
68.7%
History/Histories (art history/etc.)  
318
40.6%
Industrial Design  
5
20.0%
Industrial Operations Engineering  
34
82.4%
Interior Design  
11
54.6%
Journalism  
111
67.6%
Kinesiology  
19
57.9%
Language - French/Spanish/etc.  
81
39.5%
Linguistics  
6
16.7%
Math  
144
63.2%
Mechanical Engineering  
177
75.7%
Music - Composition/Theory  
26
57.7%
Music - Performance  
90
60.0%
Music Education  
69
68.1%
Natural Resources  
12
66.7%
Naval Engineering  
10
70.0%
Nursing  
192
91.2%
Other  
690
55.9%
Perfomance Arts  
52
50.0%
Pharmacy  
25
92.0%
Philosophy  
76
34.2%
Physical Therapy/Exercise Science  
9
66.7%
Physics  
67
65.7%
Political Science  
410
57.6%
PreDent and Dentistry  
6
66.7%
PreLaw and Legal  
76
67.1%
PreMed and Medical  
56
80.4%
PreVet and Veterinary  
8
87.5%
Psychology  
354
60.7%
Public Health  
15
80.0%
Public Policy  
32
59.4%
Religion/Religious  
298
60.4%
School of Information  
38
81.6%
Social Work  
41
80.5%
Sociology  
114
60.5%
Telecommunications  
21
76.2%
Undecided  
58
48.3%
Urban Planning  
19
63.2%
Video/Media  
20
55.0%
Zoology  
18
38.9%

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