Job Outlook by College Major Survey (employment, 2015, percentage, company)

[wonderman65]

Says accounting grads have a 70% job placement rate.

Software engineers have 60%.

Doesn't go into certifications like auto mechanic, though.

Also, the second link, an actual survey data by NACE, doesn't actually show job placement rate. I couldn't find that part in the survey data. It has other data like number of organizations that are hiring particular college majors, which might be misleading because one company might hire 100 people, and another might be hiring only 1.

But the first link has a photo that shows the job placement rates.


Need a job? Majoring in accounting might be the best bet | Deseret News

https://www.umuc.edu/upload/NACE-Job-Outlook-2015.pdf


What do you think?

[Serious Conversation]

I read the article and it was weak, at best.

I didn't see any clear methodology there. Are only 60% of software engineering majors receiving any sort of employment offer? Is the stated percentage in or out-of-field? Why would you include those who want to go to graduate school immediately, as they typically wouldn't be included in the labor force?

I saw the education majors at 23% and that's got to be a laugh.

[wonderman65]

Originally Posted by Serious Conversation

I read the article and it was weak, at best.

I didn't see any clear methodology there. Are only 60% of software engineering majors receiving any sort of employment offer? Is the stated percentage in or out-of-field? Why would you include those who want to go to graduate school immediately, as they typically wouldn't be included in the labor force?

I saw the education majors at 23% and that's got to be a laugh.

Well the article was free, so it's free information.

There aren't many surveys like this that I have found, so although it has flaws, it's probably one of the best of its kind.

Unless you know of a better survey!