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What not to study: The 20 college majors with the highest unemployment rates
19. Visual and Performing Arts
Number employed: 78,200
Median income: $32,000
Unemployment rate: 4.1%
18. Commercial Art and Graphic Design
Number employed: 575,800
Median income: $41,800
Unemployment rate: 4.1%
17. Other Foreign Languages
Number employed: 78,600
Median income: $45,000
Unemployment rate: 4.2%
16. Industrial Production Technologies
Number employed: 78,100
Median income: $71,000
Unemployment rate: 4.2%
15. Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Number employed: 25,300
Median income: $50,000
Unemployment rate: 4.3%
14. Composition and Rhetoric
Number employed: 89,600
Median income: $37,800
Unemployment rate: 4.4%
13. Mathematics and Computer Science
Number employed: 16,900
Median income: $99,000
Unemployment rate: 4.5%
12. United States History
Number employed: 23,200
Median income: $55,000
Unemployment rate: 4.6%
11. Fine Arts
Number employed: 594,300
Median income: $37,000
Unemployment rate: 4.8%
10. Communication Technologies
Number employed: 93,600
Median income: $40,000
Unemployment rate: 4.9%
9. Actuarial Science
Number employed: 17,600
Median income: $80,000
Unemployment rate: 5.1%
8. Public Policy
Number employed: 43,000
Median income: $60,000
Unemployment rate: 5.1%
7. Drama and Theater Arts
Number employed: 244,200
Median income: $35,500
Unemployment rate: 5.2%
6. Miscellaneous Fine Arts
Number employed: 22,600
Median income: $38,000
Unemployment rate: 5.7%
5. Mass Media
Number employed: 302,200
Median income: $40,000
Unemployment rate: 6.0%
4. Film Video and Photographic Arts
Number employed: 185,400
Median income: $37,000
Unemployment rate: 6.5%
3. Materials Engineering and Materials Science
Number employed: 35,100
Median income: $78,800
Unemployment rate: 6.6%
2. Cognitive Science and Biopsychology
Number employed: 17,400
Median income: $56,000
Unemployment rate: 6.7%
1. Petroleum Engineering
Number employed: 25,500
Median income: $87,600
Unemployment rate: 7.5%
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