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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 19,720 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 significant — they are generated from varying survey data — use your best judgement

 

 

Major (sort)# Still in Field Rate
Accounting  
347
72.9%
Aerospace Engineering  
80
71.3%
Agriculture/Horticulture  
39
56.4%
Animal Studies  
23
69.6%
Anthropology  
81
48.2%
Archaeology  
10
60.0%
Architecture  
94
77.7%
Architecture & Urban Planning Department  
25
44.0%
Art & Design Department  
301
58.1%
Astronomy  
11
63.6%
Athletics/Training  
20
40.0%
Automotive Engineering  
38
55.3%
Biology  
490
68.6%
Business - Management and Administration  
1582
70.9%
Chemical Engineering  
69
71.0%
Chemistry  
155
63.9%
Civil Engineering  
131
76.3%
Communications  
498
64.7%
Computer Engineering  
119
79.8%
Computer Science  
554
80.0%
Criminal  
195
59.5%
Cultures/Civilization  
14
50.0%
Design Arts - Industrial Design/Graphic Design/etc  
159
74.2%
Economics  
377
67.6%
Education  
894
72.5%
Electrical Engineering  
252
75.4%
Engineering Department  
177
69.5%
English  
577
55.8%
Finance  
158
73.4%
Fine Arts - Painting/Sculpture/Photography/etc  
132
56.1%
Genetics  
11
72.7%
Geography and Geosciences  
111
69.4%
History/Histories (art history/etc.)  
435
40.2%
Industrial Design  
22
59.1%
Industrial Operations Engineering  
48
77.1%
Interior Design  
46
50.0%
Journalism  
142
60.6%
Kinesiology  
23
60.9%
Language - French/Spanish/etc.  
121
43.0%
Linguistics  
11
9.1%
Math  
195
66.7%
Mechanical Engineering  
247
76.5%
Meteorology  
9
55.6%
Music - Composition/Theory  
32
46.9%
Music - Performance  
130
57.7%
Music Education  
83
68.7%
Natural Resources  
24
54.2%
Naval Engineering  
14
71.4%
Neuroscience/Cognitive Science  
11
54.6%
Nuclear Engineering  
11
63.6%
Nursing  
276
85.1%
Nutrition  
6
33.3%
Other  
989
55.9%
Perfomance Arts  
77
49.4%
Pharmacy  
49
85.7%
Philosophy  
98
37.8%
Physical Therapy/Exercise Science  
22
68.2%
Physics  
87
66.7%
Political Science  
592
55.9%
PreDent and Dentistry  
12
75.0%
PreLaw and Legal  
99
68.7%
PreMed and Medical  
87
72.4%
PreVet and Veterinary  
11
72.7%
Psychology  
528
62.5%
Public Health  
23
65.2%
Public Policy  
47
57.5%
Radiological Sciences  
8
75.0%
Religion/Religious  
348
59.2%
School of Information  
54
72.2%
Social Work  
71
67.6%
Sociology  
176
60.8%
Telecommunications  
31
71.0%
Undecided  
70
54.3%
Urban Planning  
27
59.3%
Video/Media  
28
50.0%
Zoology  
25
44.0%

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