From an article in Time magazine, Agriculture and Engineering did well, while the Humanities and Liberal Arts did poorly.
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I don’t care what my kids major in but they better not be still be living at home when they are 29 unless there is a medical reason for it.
“Philosophy and Religious Studies” also did well.
“Criminal Justice and Fire Protection” did not do well.
Here is the list for percent of kids living at home at age 25. By 29, most of the majors are in the low teens.
Agriculture 16
Architecture 27
Biology and Life Sciences 26
Business 27
Communications 26
Computer and Information Sciences 22
Criminal Justice and Fire Protection 35
Education Administration and Teaching 26
Engineering 17
English Language, Literature, and Composition 26
Environment and Natural Resources 20
Family and Consumer Sciences 23
Fine Arts 26
History 30
Interdisciplinary 25
Liberal Arts and Humanities 37
Linguistics and Foreign Languages 22
Mathematics and Statistics 23
Medical and Health Sciences and Services 26
Philosophy and Religious Studies 22
Physical Fitness 28
Physical Sciences 23
Psychology 29
Public Affairs, Policy, and Social Work 26
Social Sciences 26
Wait, some engineers and computer science majors live at home? I thought they all graduated to 6-figure salaried jobs! Smh.
I find it strange that the number of Agriculture majors living at home is so low.
I went to a university that had a College of Agriculture, and many of the students there who were majoring in actual agriculture (as opposed to other subjects like animal science, which mostly attracts pre-veterinary students) planned to return to their family farms to help manage them and eventually take them over when the older generation retired.
Having a low percentage of these students living at home would suggest that their career plans fell through.
What kind of major is this: Liberal Arts and Humanities?
That is what a bunch of 25 year olds living in basements are wondering.
I went to a similar school, and those I know that went back home built a house on the farm. Sure, they lived on the same property as their parents, but would never call it living at home.
As for the survey in general, 25% or so of 25 year old living at home just seems crazy high. I’m glad I only have 3 kids, otherwise one would come back home (the math works like that right?)
Thank you! I didn’t think of it that way, but your explanation is probably correct.
And a couple of generations ago, it would have been crazy low. There was a time when young people typically lived with their parents until they got married, and if they didn’t get married, they might stay with the parents indefinitely (and eventually end up taking care of them).
As a parent of 2 liberal arts majors , I have no interest in whether other people’s kids end up living at home or not.
My two kids went to liberal arts school. One majored in math and econ, and another in philosophy.
Well, @oldfort, the curious thing about that list is that many majors that universities consider to be liberal arts – like math, social sciences, and physical sciences – are listed separately. I don’t quite understand what’s in this list’s liberal arts and humanities category.
This. They live the farm, but not necessarily with the folks. Might live in the “hired man” house or the “old” farmstead (parents built a new one) or on another farmstead at another acquired property.
You know, some families like living in the same location. It’s not necessarily a sign of failure to live at home, even when one isn’t doing so to save money. I’m more interested in unemployed and living at home at 25 than I am in just living at home.
@Marian - my question exactly. Liberal arts and humanities is not a major.
When my kid gets his degree and starts to make big bucks, I plan to live in his basement!
Not me, I want a separate wing.
The reason people live at home has nothing to do with the major and everything to do with individual decisions and circumstances.
As a prospective public policy major, I think this list would give my parents a very real fright.
Instead of being an obnoxious kid who believes he knows the answer to all the world’s problems because he reads the newspaper, I’ll be an obnoxious twenty-something who believes he knows all the answers because he spent 4 years studying those problems in college. My parents think they’ve only a few more months of my pontificating left to endure. There’s a 26% chance that they’re woefully mistaken.
I can hardly wait!