Top 10 majors with the highest unemployment rate:
- Clinical Psychology
- Miscellaneous Fine Arts
- Unites States History
- Library Science
- Educational Psychology
- Military Technologies
- Architecture
- Industrial and Organizational Psychology
- Miscellaneous Psychology
- Linguistics and Comparative Language and Literature
With graduation just around the corner, many students are wondering and worrying about what their next move will be. While there are jobs out there for soon-to-be graduates, there are also many majors with high unemployment rates. Do not be discouraged, however; there are still many potential roads to be taken — you are getting a degree after all!
Below, three soon-to-be and recent graduates with the three majors of the highest unemployment sound off about their future prospects.
Clinical Psychology — Ashley Nyquist,@@http://uoregon.edu/findpeople/person/Ashley*Nyquist@@ a 22-year-old 2012 graduate of clinical psychology, has a plan for her future. “I’m planning on attending more school,” she said. “I’m going to go to graduate school at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon. I realize that I can’t do much with just a psychology degree, so I’m going to get my teaching degree and become a grade-school teacher. The program I’m enrolled in is about 14 months long.”
Miscellaneous Fine Arts — 22 year-old University senior and soon-to-be graduate Cynthia Johnson,@@http://uoregon.edu/findpeople/person/Cynthia*Johnson@@ who is majoring in jewelry making within the arts department, said that after graduation she wants to slowly build her own home studio and one day own a gallery to market and promote fellow artists. “In the immediate future, I want to do event management, partially with the arts,” she said, “and then see where it takes me.”
History — Alex Graven,@@https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=762014178@@ a 22-year-old recent graduate from the University, majored in United States history and is planning on attending law school next fall. “Right now the plan is to attend law school — if I don’t like it I might switch to some other graduate school,” he said. “But in general I’ll definitely be attending more school. The plan for now is to go to Lewis and Clark in the fall.”
The general consensus seems to be to continue on with education in some form or another. Whether you’re going to grad school, a specialized program, law school or other, more school never hurts. For those of you who are not planning on attending school right away, there are many other options including internships, jobs, volunteer work, travel and much more.
