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[-] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 14 points 4 days ago

I'm curious how this compares to non-STEM majors.

[-] lundi@piefed.social 20 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

It says in the article

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.

[-] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 days ago

Other than anthropology, I think the rest of those are all STEM majors as well.

[-] lundi@piefed.social 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Here a table info with others non-STEM degrees unemployement rate: Labor Market Outcomes of College Graduates by Major ^[xlsx data dump][https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/Research/Interactives/Data/college-labor-market/College-labor-data]

It's from the same source as the OP's article (The New York Fed), you'll see it says last updated in 2025 but if you scroll down you'll see them mentioning it to be 2023 data which is what the article was based on too

[-] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 days ago

Thanks, that was what I was looking for, but I missed the source data. That table also adds in an underemployment rate, which is a good reference too I think. Many of the degrees with the worst unemployment rates also have very high underemployment rates, meaning that many of the people in those degrees who do have jobs are only finding part time work or are stuck with jobs that don't meet their qualifications.

While computer science/engineering does have a high unemployment rate, it's underemployment rate is far better than the surrounding degrees. Taking that into consideration does make it seem like a better career than just the unemployment rate would suggest.

[-] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago

bio is middle of it, probably because most of them are in health, instead of research and biotech.3%, i wonder if they seperate the 2 biotech might be a higher unemployment, because i noticed that people often cant find a job most of the time, because of the significant amount of experience required+ grad degree if applicable.

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