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May 13, 2016

Shoulda Studied Plumbing


College majors with the highest post-grad unemployment:
#10. Political Science
Unemployment Rate: 7.2 percent
Underemployment Rate: 49.7 percent
Median Wage (Early Career): $38,000
Median Wage (Mid-Career): $70,000

#9. Ethnic Studies
Unemployment Rate: 7.3 percent
Underemployment Rate: 57.1 percent
Median Wage (Early Career): $32,000
Median Wage (Mid-Career): $60,000

#8. English Language
Unemployment Rate: 7.5 percent
Underemployment Rate: 51.7 percent
Median Wage (Early Career): $32,200
Median Wage (Mid-Career): $55,000

#7. Fine Arts
Unemployment Rate: 7.6 percent
Underemployment Rate: 62.3 percent
Median Wage (Early Career): $29,000
Median Wage (Mid-Career): $50,000

#6. Art History
Unemployment Rate: 7.8 percent
Underemployment Rate: 58.9 percent
Median Wage (Early Career): $32,000
Median Wage (Mid-Career): $53,000

#5. Earth Sciences
Unemployment Rate: 7.9 percent
Underemployment Rate: 41.8 percent
Median Wage (Early Career): $30,300
Median Wage (Mid-Career): $63,000

#4. Environmental Studies
Unemploment Rate: 8.5 percent
Underemployment Rate: 53.7 percent
Median Wage (Early Career): $30,000
Median Wage (Mid-Career): $60,000

#3. Mass Media
Unemployment Rate: 8.6 percent
Underemployment Rate: 56.5 percent
Median Wage (Early Career): $31,200

#2. Geography

Unemployment Rate: 8.8 percent
Underemployment Rate: 48.1 percent
Median Wage (Early Career): $34,500
Median Wage (Mid-Career): $60,000
Median Wage (Mid-Career): $56,000

And the winnah is...

#1. Anthropology

Unemployment Rate: 8.8 percent
Underemployment Rate: 59.1 percent
Median Wage (Early Career): $30,000
Median Wage (Mid-Career): $50,000

5 comments:

Doom said...

Who wrote those stats? Certainly not Reality. Government? Academia? Then again, how much does Starbucks pay, at mid-career? :p

sig94 said...

Doom - My college major was #10
*cringe*
It qualified me to go to:
1) go to grad school,
2) flip burgers, or
3) become a cop.

So I did 1 and 3, the rest is legend. :/

LL said...

The SAD thing is that in these majors where there is very little demand, the government still allows govt. loans to be made and the poor schmucks are put behind the 8 ball for a very long time.

Coffeypot said...

If you get a Political Science Degree you must go on to Law School and pass the bar. That way you can be unemployed with initials after your name.

sig94 said...

LL - I started out as a physics major. Couldn't keep up with the math.