The worst college major for getting a job is ...

[LAGC]

Is college worth it?

With an 8.9 percent jobless rate for recent college grads, a new study tackles the question.
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Computers and mathematics: 8.2 percent unemployment. These majors had a lot of variation, in which people who wrote software had better prospects than those who simply used software. That meant that information systems majors had an 11.7 percent jobless rate, while computer science majors had rosier 7.8 percent rate. Math majors did even better, at 6.0 percent.

Social Science: 8.9 percent unemployment. Things weren\'t looking great for sociology, poli sci and econ majors, whose fields were broadly dispersed across different job fields.

Philosophy and religious studies: 10.8 percent unemployment. Apparently, the demand for Nietzsche is low. Other majors specializing in humanities and liberal arts also suffered from high unemployment, with English majors facing a woeful 9.2 percent rate, and history majors looking at a sad 10.2 percent.

Arts: 11.1 percent unemployement. The demand (the kind that comes with a paycheck) for artists, musicians and other creative types was dismal. Fine artists fared badly with a 12.6 percent jobless rate, while drama majors did better at 7.8 percent.

And the worst college major for finding a job? That would be Architecture, which had a depressing 13.9 percent unemployment rate. The collapse in construction and home building during the recession pummeled this speciality.

http://www.seattlepi.com/business/ar...is-2444128.php

Wow, who would have thunk? I can see Philosophy and Arts -- totally useless degrees -- ranking up there, but Architecture? And Computer Science in the Bottom 5? How depressing...

[Kadmos]

The real estate market went to shit, of course architects have been hard hit. A lot of building construction stopped midway, you think they shut down, skipped town but still payed the architects?

My cousin is an architect, he's lucky he got tenure as a professor a couple years before the hit, now he can comfortably teach kids how to be out of work.

Historically 1 in 5 are self employed, I know he has his own firm (a one man job like most)..I doubt he's seen much foot traffic.

As to computer programmers, it's gone much the same way, most businesses are using stock software they have been using for a decade or more with no desire to upgrade. The kinds of programing that took banks and banks of workers doing millions of lines of code is few and far between, most stuff is quick and dirty..web design using simple software.

[Mark Ducati]

In the opposite direction for job security... I read a report that listed these 5:

1) Healthcare
2) Govt. Jobs
3) Agriculture
4) Education
5) Environment (going green)

[5.56NATO]

Well according to the local major healthcare pfacilities, hiring foreigners is good business practice. Either that or they're just doing jobs Americans won't do?

[Warthogg]

ANY major ending in 'STUDIES'.



Wart

[alismith]

I think there's still a high demand for hit-men. That job just seems to be able to weather most times of hardship.

One of the best "skills" to have, right now, would have to be the ability to speak a different language. I'm not sure which language would be the best to learn, but I'm sure Spanish, French, Russian, or Chinese would be in demand.

[Jefferson]

http://www.seattlepi.com/business/ar...is-2444128.php

Wow, who would have thunk? I can see Philosophy and Arts -- totally useless degrees -- ranking up there, but Architecture? And Computer Science in the Bottom 5? How depressing...

Yeah, good thing you don't have to worry about any of this huh.