<p>"Many people pick their college major based on what they are interested in. This is all well and good, but there are facts to be had, and we must face them. Some majors do better than others in the workforce.</p>
<p>According to Census data obtained by the Wall Street Journal, clinical psychology is the most unemployable major with a 19.5% unemployment rate. It's hard out there for aspiring Sigmund Freuds.</p>
<p>Check out the below slideshow of the most unemployable majors ..."</p>
<p>^^ I had never heard of that major before but I thought the similar article linked other thread indicated that this major actually has a reasonably high compensation level.</p>
<p>To put things in perspective I think that article also indicated 0% unemployment for Pharmacology yet there have been threads on CC stating that it may be a tough field for employment although maybe that’s only for more senior people (I don’t know anything about that field). If the data in the article is incorrect on this one then it might also be off on others.</p>
<p>Some of the employment problems for other majors are probably no surprise to a lot of people.</p>
<p>Face it. You can be in the worst field ever for employment rates. But if you’re the best in that field you may have a job. If you’re not at the top…not so good.</p>
<p>The worst rate cited, Clinical Psych at 19.5%, means almost 80% are employed! And those with around 10% unemployment means a whopping 90% are employed!</p>
<p>If I put “computer management and security major” in a search engine, I get links mostly to associates’ degree programs at community colleges and bachelor’s degree programs at on-line or for-profit schools.</p>
<p>As for library science…none of the bachelor’s programs are accredited by the American Library Association. You usually need a MLS to get a job. Unemployment is high among MLS holders too, right now. So, an employer isn’t going to have any trouble filling the job with someone with a master’s.</p>
<p>I’m not sure what they meant by “Educational Psychology”, but School Psychologists were on US News lists for most employable major for a few years. When he was in college (2008-2010) it helped him narrow his specialty. So far, he is still in the program, but all the grads at his school have been employed out of school in their field. I hope that continues.
He was told clinical psych was very hard to get employment because of the glut of applicants.</p>
<p>Clinical psychology is a graduate degree, not an undergraduate degree. That said, with all the cutbacks in funding for training programs and medicare cutbacks for clinical training (they pay hospitals for training MDs but do not cover the training for PhDs) the internship sites are shrivelling up. There are more and more students who cannot find internship spots (especially APA approved ones), and without an internship they cant get a job or a post doc. Its really terrible.
OK, will get off my soapbox.</p>
<p>I think fluff pieces like this are written by people who, except for nepotism, would be otherwise unemployable. The realy wealthy have always hidden their less-gifted kids in non-profits. Maybe the NP’s are getting too crowded these days and this is an overflow?</p>