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This list shows the spot unemployment rate for each major, obtained from the 14,473 alumni who have taken our survey. 
The number of surveys, years, major, motivation levels and tenacity all play a role in employment rates, and overall employability.
Not all the numbers are statistically significantthey are generated from varying survey data — use your best judgement
 

 

Major (sort)# Unemployment Rate
Accounting  
276
4.7%
Aerospace Engineering  
49
2.0%
Agriculture/Horticulture  
28
14.3%
Animal Studies  
14
7.1%
Anthropology  
60
6.7%
Archaeology  
5
0.0%
Architecture  
69
4.4%
Architecture & Urban Planning Department  
16
18.8%
Art & Design Department  
197
7.1%
Astronomy  
7
0.0%
Athletics/Training  
15
6.7%
Automotive Engineering  
19
5.3%
Biology  
354
4.2%
Business - Management and Administration  
1190
5.0%
Chemical Engineering  
60
3.3%
Chemistry  
117
2.6%
Civil Engineering  
94
6.4%
Communications  
385
5.5%
Computer Engineering  
84
8.3%
Computer Science  
440
4.3%
Criminal  
153
4.6%
Cultures/Civilization  
9
11.1%
Design Arts - Industrial Design/Graphic Design/etc  
107
4.7%
Economics  
303
3.3%
Education  
725
4.6%
Electrical Engineering  
197
3.1%
Engineering Department  
135
3.7%
English  
439
3.2%
Finance  
107
2.8%
Fine Arts - Painting/Sculpture/Photography/etc  
99
2.0%
Geography and Geosciences  
87
8.1%
History/Histories (art history/etc.)  
348
4.6%
Industrial Design  
5
60.0%
Industrial Operations Engineering  
36
2.8%
Interior Design  
13
0.0%
Journalism  
114
6.1%
Kinesiology  
20
0.0%
Language - French/Spanish/etc.  
85
2.4%
Linguistics  
7
0.0%
Math  
156
7.7%
Mechanical Engineering  
186
5.9%
Meteorology  
6
0.0%
Music - Composition/Theory  
26
11.5%
Music - Performance  
97
6.2%
Music Education  
75
2.7%
Natural Resources  
14
21.4%
Naval Engineering  
9
0.0%
Nursing  
207
4.8%
Other  
756
6.5%
Perfomance Arts  
54
3.7%
Pharmacy  
32
0.0%
Philosophy  
79
8.9%
Physical Therapy/Exercise Science  
10
10.0%
Physics  
72
6.9%
Political Science  
452
3.1%
PreDent and Dentistry  
7
0.0%
PreLaw and Legal  
81
11.1%
PreMed and Medical  
58
0.0%
PreVet and Veterinary  
9
0.0%
Psychology  
397
4.5%
Public Health  
16
0.0%
Public Policy  
35
2.9%
Religion/Religious  
310
2.6%
School of Information  
40
2.5%
Social Work  
43
4.7%
Sociology  
121
3.3%
Telecommunications  
23
0.0%
Undecided  
58
3.5%
Urban Planning  
19
5.3%
Video/Media  
23
8.7%
Zoology  
18
11.1%
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