[nabs-l] The 10 college majors with the lowest unemployment rates

[Elizabeth]

I find this to be rather interesting. I know of someone who I believe has an 
advanced degree in pharmacology. not only does this person have a job, but I 
believe she makes a rather considerable amount of money as well. Therefore, 
I do not believe I would base my major solely based on an article such as 
this one.

And who knows when a degree in agricultural Economics might actually give 
you an advantage in the job market. Combine it with a degree in agricultural 
policy, and you would most likely be set for dealing with the problems of 
the developing urban agricultural  movement.

Elizabeth

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From: "Nallym Bravo" <nbrav003 at fiu.edu>
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 12:58 PM
To: "fabs" <fabs at nfbnet.org>; <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [nabs-l] The 10 college majors with the lowest unemployment rates

> Hello,
>
> Below is an interesting article I was sent by someone in my
> university's Career Services office. It's a good read for anyone, but
> especially if you're trying to decide what field you would like to
> pursue.
>
> The 10 college majors with the lowest unemployment rates
>
> .By Liz Goodwin
> National Affairs Reporter
> .PostsEmailRSS .By
>
> Job fair in Minneapolis (AP)
> College students, take note: There are at least six fields of study
> whose graduates are virtually 100 percent employed right now. That's
> right--certain majors, such as pharmacology, produce graduates who
> face a zero percent unemployment rate.
>
> That's not bad considering last month's joblessness rate for people
> with a college degree or higher was 4.4 percent.
>
> The Wall Street Journal created an interactive tool where users can
> search for the average employment rate and median income of people who
> studied each major. The data comes from the Georgetown Center on
> Education and the Workforce, which released a similar ranking of
> majors in May that we wrote about here.
>
> The Center's previous study found that graduates with engineering and
> science majors tend to earn significantly more many than graduates
> with other college majors. (A petroleum engineering major will make
> 300 percent more over his or her lifetime than a peer who majored in
> counseling psychology, for example.)
>
> But narrowing the results down to only the employment rate yields a
> wider range of fields that provide excellent job security. People who
> majored in some lower paying fields, such as school counseling, face
> an almost nonexistent chance of being unempl0yed.
>
> Check out the rest of the most employable majors, below.
>
> Majors and their unemployment rate:
>
> 1. Actuarial Science—0 percent
>
> 2. Astronomy and Astrophysics—0 percent
>
> 3. Educational Administration and Supervision—0 percent
>
> 4. Geological and Geophysical Engineering—0 percent
>
> 5. Pharmacology—0 percent
>
> 6. School Student Counseling—0 percent
>
> 7. Agricultural Economics—1.3 percent
>
> 8. Medical Technologies Technicians—1.4 percent
>
> 9.Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology—1.6 percent
>
> 10. Environmental Engineering, Nursing, and Nuclear Industrial
> Radiology and Biological Technologies—2.2 percent
>
> Best,
> Nallym Bravo
>
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