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Why Your Major Matters

Top Majors For Jobs

Why Your Major Matters

Top Majors For Jobs



These 5 majors offer the best chance at employment in today's economy.

By Chris Kyle



When it comes to finding a job these days, what you study – not just where – is playing an increasingly large role.



Michigan State University recently announced it is cutting its American studies and classical studies degree programs, and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette is eliminating philosophy.



While the schools blame declining popularity for the cuts, pressure from students demanding a more career-oriented education is another likely key factor.



Katharine Brooks, author of You Majored in What? Mapping Your Path From Chaos to Career, told the The New York Times that she expects that kind of pressure to continue. "Particularly as money gets tighter, people are going to demand more accountability from majors and departments."



So how can you ensure that the time and money you invest in your education is well spent? Choose your major wisely.



Read on to learn which majors and degrees have the greatest chance of leading to employment opportunities in today's tight job market.



Major #1 – Accounting



The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) surveyed 16,500 students who graduated in the spring of 2009 and found that over 53% of accounting majors received a job offer prior to graduation, ranking them first overall.



Those numbers were backed up by NACE's 2010 Job Outlook Report, which polled employer members and asked which kinds of students they would be targeting during their 2009-10 recruiting season. Over 46% of employers responded that they planned to hire candidates with an accounting degree.



Search now for Accounting degree programs.



Fast Fact: Opportunities for accountants and auditors are expected to rise 22% through 2018, according to the U.S. Department of Labor, a much faster rate than most fields. Most jobs require a bachelor's degree in accounting.



Major #2 – Computer Science



Computer science degrees are another hot qualification in today's job market, according to NACE, with 48.7% of computer science majors finding work before graduation.



Another benefit of a computer science degree is that job opportunities extend well beyond the information technology (IT) field. IT professionals are needed in virtually every field.



Fast Fact: Computer software engineer is one of the 50 best careers of 2010, according to U.S. News & World Report.



Check out these Computer Science degree and certificate programs.



Major #3 – Economics/Finance



More than 45% of finance and economics majors received a job offer prior to graduating in 2009, according to NACE. Employers reported to NACE that job candidates with finance degrees were their number one target during the 2009-2010 recruiting season.



Fast Fact: U.S. News & World Report says that employment opportunities in the financial industry will get a big boost from the wave of baby boomers set to retire.



Search for Economics and Finance degrees now.



Major #4 – Business



According to NACE, more than 44% of students earning a bachelor's degree in business administration or business management found work prior to graduating in 2009.



Many business students are taking advantage of growing opportunities in the huge health care industry, which comprises 16.2% of the U.S.'s gross domestic product.



Fast Fact: At 328,000, business degrees led the list of 1.5 million bachelor's degrees awarded in the 2006–07 school year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.



Search for Business degree programs.



Major #5 – Allied Health



Clinical health care jobs like medical assistant and surgical technologist that typically require an associate's degree are some of the many positions suddenly in demand as aging baby boomers are set to retire in record numbers.



According to NACE, nearly 42% of students in the allied health field received a job offer prior to graduation in 2009, and that number is expected to rise. In fact, ten of the 20 fastest growing occupations are health care-related, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.



Fast Fact: "For every Ph.D.-level person in the biomedical careers, there are about 18 associate-degree-level technologists that support that work," Kay McClenney of the University of Texas told U.S. News & World Report.



Search for local and online Health Care degree programs.

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