A recent ZipRecruiter survey questioned job seekers to find the most regretted and the most loved college degrees. Journalism turned out to be the most regretted college degree.
By Easyeduhub Desk: In today’s fast-evolving job market, many employees find their college degrees irrelevant and find the need to add on a number of online courses to upskill themselves. A recent ZipRecruiter survey conducted on 1500 job seekers found that 44% regretted their choice of college major or the honours degree.
Journalism turned out to be the most regretted college degree while computer and information science degrees, and criminology degrees were the most satisfying.
Other regretted college degrees are sociology and liberal arts. Degrees which are appreciated include STEM fields including engineering and medical, and others such as finance and psychology.
The survey question asked from the group of job seekers was: “If you could go back in time and select a college major all over again, knowing what you now know about the job market and the skills employers are looking for, what would you choose?”
They had to select one of two options – choose the same major again or choose a different major.
TOP 10 MOST REGRET-FREE COLLEGE MAJORS
Share of graduates who would choose the same major:
- Computer and Information Sciences 72%
- Criminology: 72%
- Engineering: 71%
- Nursing: 69%
- Health: 67%
- Finance: 66%
- Business Administration & Management: 66%
- Construction Trades: 65%
- Psychology: 65%
TOP 10 MOST REGRETTED COLLEGE MAJORS
Share of graduates who would choose a different major if they could:
- Journalism: 87%
- Sociology: 72%
- Liberal arts and general studies: 72%
- Communications: 64%
- Education: 61%
- Marketing management and research: 60%
- Medical/clinical assisting: 58%
- Political science and government: 56%
- Biology: 52%
- English language and literature: 52%
- STEM jobs are usually the highest-paying and this is the factor that makes job seekers love or regret their college degrees later in life. Degrees in computer science and related fields are high in demand in the digital space and the average salary is pretty high as well.