The Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce used U.S. Census Bureau statistics to tease out the unemployment rates for 173 college majors. I looked at the 100 most popular college majors and pulled out the 25 majors with the lowest unemployment.
College majors with lowest unemployment rates
1. Medical technology technician 1.4%
2. Nursing 2.2%
3. Treatment therapy professions 2.6%
4. Medical assisting services 2.9%
5. Agriculture production & management 3.0%
6. Industrial production technologies 3.1%
7. Pharmacy 3.2%
8. Communications & disorders sciences 3.3%
9. Elementary education 3.6%
10. Special needs education 3.6%
11. Miscellaneous education 3.7%
12. Mechanical engineering 3.8%
13. High school teacher 3.8%
14. Theology & religious vocations 4.1%
15. Management info systems & statistics 4.2%
16. General education 4.2%
17. Health & medical administrative services 4.3%
18. Transportation science & technologies 4.4%
19. Finance 4.5%
20. Physics 4.5%
21. PE/health education 4.5%
22. Criminal justice and fire protection 4.7%
23. PE/Park & Recreation 4.8%
24. Civil engineering 4.9%
25. (tie) Electrical engineering; environmental science; math 5%
Most employable majors
In the top 25 list of college majors, there are several majors requiring intense math skills, such as engineering, finance and physics, that round out the list.
Here are five less popular majors, all requiring advanced math skills, that enjoy low unemployment:
1. Astrophysics/astronomy 0%
2. Geological and geophysics engineering 0%
3. Physical science 2.5%
4. Geosciences 3.2%
5. Math/computer science 3.5%
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