| "Despite computer science being ranked as number one by the Princeton Review for college majors, the tech industry may not be living up to graduates' expectations. When it came to undergraduate majors with the highest unemployment rates, computer science came in at number seven, even amid its relative popularity. The major saw an unemployment rate of 6.1 percent, just under those top majors like physics and anthropology, which had rates of 7.8 and 9.4 percent respectively. Computer engineering, which at many schools is the same as computer science, had a 7.5 percent unemployment rate, calling into question the job market many computer science graduates are entering. On the other hand, majors like nutrition sciences, construction services and civil engineering had some of the lowest unemployment rates, hovering between 1 percent to as low as 0.4 percent. This data was based on The New York Fed's report, which looked at Census data from 2023 and unemployment rates of recent college graduates." Source: https://www.newyorkfed.org/research/college-labor-market (requires Javascript) Data: (no Javascript required) https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/research/interactive... https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/research/interactive... https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/research/interactive... https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/research/interactive... Civil Engineering 1.0% Aerospace Engineering 1.4% Mechanical Engineering 1.5% Chemical Engineering 2.0% Electrical Engineering 2.2% General Engineering 2.4% Miscellaneous Engineering 3.4% Computer Science 6.1% Computer Engineering 7.5% |