college-majors/recent-grads

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Link rowid ▼ Rank Major_code Major Total Men Women Major_category ShareWomen Sample_size Employed Full_time Part_time Full_time_year_round Unemployed Unemployment_rate Median P25th P75th College_jobs Non_college_jobs Low_wage_jobs
1 1 1 2419 PETROLEUM ENGINEERING 2339 2057 282 Engineering 0.120564344 36 1976 1849 270 1207 37 0.018380527 110000 95000 125000 1534 364 193
2 2 2 2416 MINING AND MINERAL ENGINEERING 756 679 77 Engineering 0.101851852 7 640 556 170 388 85 0.117241379 75000 55000 90000 350 257 50
3 3 3 2415 METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING 856 725 131 Engineering 0.153037383 3 648 558 133 340 16 0.024096386 73000 50000 105000 456 176 0
4 4 4 2417 NAVAL ARCHITECTURE AND MARINE ENGINEERING 1258 1123 135 Engineering 0.107313196 16 758 1069 150 692 40 0.050125313 70000 43000 80000 529 102 0
5 5 5 2405 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 32260 21239 11021 Engineering 0.341630502 289 25694 23170 5180 16697 1672 0.061097712 65000 50000 75000 18314 4440 972
6 6 6 2418 NUCLEAR ENGINEERING 2573 2200 373 Engineering 0.144966965 17 1857 2038 264 1449 400 0.177226407 65000 50000 102000 1142 657 244
7 7 7 6202 ACTUARIAL SCIENCE 3777 2110 1667 Business 0.441355573 51 2912 2924 296 2482 308 0.095652174 62000 53000 72000 1768 314 259
8 8 8 5001 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS 1792 832 960 Physical Sciences 0.535714286 10 1526 1085 553 827 33 0.021167415 62000 31500 109000 972 500 220
9 9 9 2414 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 91227 80320 10907 Engineering 0.119558903 1029 76442 71298 13101 54639 4650 0.057342278 60000 48000 70000 52844 16384 3253
10 10 10 2408 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 81527 65511 16016 Engineering 0.196450256 631 61928 55450 12695 41413 3895 0.059173845 60000 45000 72000 45829 10874 3170
11 11 11 2407 COMPUTER ENGINEERING 41542 33258 8284 Engineering 0.199412643 399 32506 30315 5146 23621 2275 0.065409275 60000 45000 75000 23694 5721 980
12 12 12 2401 AEROSPACE ENGINEERING 15058 12953 2105 Engineering 0.139792801 147 11391 11106 2724 8790 794 0.065162085 60000 42000 70000 8184 2425 372
13 13 13 2404 BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 14955 8407 6548 Engineering 0.437846874 79 10047 9017 2694 5986 1019 0.09208386 60000 36000 70000 6439 2471 789
14 14 14 5008 MATERIALS SCIENCE 4279 2949 1330 Engineering 0.310820285 22 3307 2751 878 1967 78 0.023042836 60000 39000 65000 2626 391 81
15 15 15 2409 ENGINEERING MECHANICS PHYSICS AND SCIENCE 4321 3526 795 Engineering 0.183985189 30 3608 2999 811 2004 23 0.006334343 58000 25000 74000 2439 947 263
16 16 16 2402 BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING 8925 6062 2863 Engineering 0.320784314 55 6170 5455 1983 3413 589 0.087143069 57100 40000 76000 3603 1595 524
17 17 17 2412 INDUSTRIAL AND MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING 18968 12453 6515 Engineering 0.343473218 183 15604 14879 2243 11326 699 0.042875544 57000 37900 67000 8306 3235 640
18 18 18 2400 GENERAL ENGINEERING 61152 45683 15469 Engineering 0.252959838 425 44931 41235 7199 33540 2859 0.059824231 56000 36000 69000 26898 11734 3192
19 19 19 2403 ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING 2825 1835 990 Engineering 0.350442478 26 2575 2277 343 1848 170 0.061930783 54000 38000 65000 1665 649 137
20 20 20 3201 COURT REPORTING 1148 877 271 Law & Public Policy 0.236062718 14 930 808 223 808 11 0.011689692 54000 50000 54000 402 528 144
21 21 21 2102 COMPUTER SCIENCE 128319 99743 28576 Computers & Mathematics 0.222695002 1196 102087 91485 18726 70932 6884 0.063172771 53000 39000 70000 68622 25667 5144
22 22 22 1104 FOOD SCIENCE       Agriculture & Natural Resources   36 3149 2558 1121 1735 338 0.09693146 53000 32000 70000 1183 1274 485
23 23 23 2502 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY 11565 8181 3384 Engineering 0.292607004 97 8587 7530 1873 5681 824 0.087557114 52000 35000 60000 5126 2686 696
24 24 24 2413 MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND MATERIALS SCIENCE 2993 2020 973 Engineering 0.325091881 22 2449 1658 1040 1151 70 0.027788805 52000 35000 62000 1911 305 70
25 25 25 6212 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND STATISTICS 18713 13496 5217 Business 0.278790146 278 16413 15141 2420 13017 1015 0.058239614 51000 38000 60000 6342 5741 708
26 26 26 2406 CIVIL ENGINEERING 53153 41081 12072 Engineering 0.227117943 565 43041 38302 10080 29196 3270 0.070609574 50000 40000 60000 28526 9356 2899
27 27 27 5601 CONSTRUCTION SERVICES 18498 16820 1678 Industrial Arts & Consumer Services 0.090712509 295 16318 15690 1751 12313 1042 0.060023041 50000 36000 60000 3275 5351 703
28 28 28 6204 OPERATIONS LOGISTICS AND E-COMMERCE 11732 7921 3811 Business 0.32483805 156 10027 9639 1183 7724 504 0.047858703 50000 40000 60000 1466 3629 285
29 29 29 2499 MISCELLANEOUS ENGINEERING 9133 7398 1735 Engineering 0.189970437 118 7428 6811 1662 5476 597 0.074392523 50000 39000 65000 3445 2426 365
30 30 30 5402 PUBLIC POLICY 5978 2639 3339 Law & Public Policy 0.558548009 55 4547 4163 1306 2776 670 0.128426299 50000 35000 70000 1550 1871 340
31 31 31 2410 ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 4047 2662 1385 Engineering 0.342228811 26 2983 2384 930 1951 308 0.093588575 50000 42000 56000 2028 830 260
32 32 32 2500 ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES 3600 2695 905 Engineering 0.251388889 39 2799 2257 689 1723 163 0.055030385 50000 43000 60000 1017 1269 142
33 33 33 6099 MISCELLANEOUS FINE ARTS 3340 1970 1370 Arts 0.410179641 30 2914 2049 1067 1200 286 0.089375 50000 25000 66000 693 1714 755
34 34 34 2411 GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL ENGINEERING 720 488 232 Engineering 0.322222222 5 604 524 126 396 49 0.075038285 50000 42800 57000 501 50 49
35 35 35 6107 NURSING 209394 21773 187621 Health 0.896018988 2554 180903 151191 40818 122817 8497 0.044862724 48000 39000 58000 151643 26146 6193
36 36 36 6207 FINANCE 174506 115030 59476 Business 0.340824957 2189 145696 137921 21463 108595 9413 0.060686356 47000 35000 64000 24243 48447 9910
37 37 37 5501 ECONOMICS 139247 89749 49498 Social Science 0.355469059 1322 104117 96567 25325 70740 11452 0.099092317 47000 35000 65000 25582 37057 10653
38 38 38 6205 BUSINESS ECONOMICS 13302 7575 5727 Business 0.430536761 199 10914 10048 1937 8000 1165 0.096448381 46000 33000 58000 1578 4612 1284
39 39 39 2503 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES 4631 3477 1154 Engineering 0.24919024 73 4428 3988 597 3242 129 0.028308097 46000 35000 65000 1394 2454 480
40 40 40 5102 NUCLEAR, INDUSTRIAL RADIOLOGY, AND BIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIES 2116 528 1588 Physical Sciences 0.75047259 31 1778 1392 579 1115 137 0.07154047 46000 38000 53000 162 1475 124
41 41 41 6201 ACCOUNTING 198633 94519 104114 Business 0.524152583 2042 165527 151967 27693 123169 12411 0.069749014 45000 34000 56000 11417 39323 10886
42 42 42 3700 MATHEMATICS 72397 39956 32441 Computers & Mathematics 0.448098678 541 58118 46399 18079 33738 2884 0.047277138 45000 33000 60000 34800 14829 4569
43 43 43 2100 COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS 36698 27392 9306 Computers & Mathematics 0.253583302 425 28459 26348 4332 21130 2934 0.093460326 45000 30000 60000 13344 11783 1672
44 44 44 5007 PHYSICS 32142 23080 9062 Physical Sciences 0.281936407 142 25302 19428 8721 14389 1282 0.048224496 45000 30000 68000 18674 4576 1823
45 45 45 6105 MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES TECHNICIANS 15914 3916 11998 Health 0.75392736 190 13150 11510 2665 9005 505 0.03698279 45000 36000 50000 5546 7176 1002
46 46 46 2105 INFORMATION SCIENCES 11913 9005 2908 Computers & Mathematics 0.244103081 158 9881 9105 1468 7378 639 0.060741445 45000 32500 58000 4390 4102 608
47 47 47 3702 STATISTICS AND DECISION SCIENCE 6251 2960 3291 Computers & Mathematics 0.526475764 37 4247 3190 1840 2151 401 0.086273666 45000 26700 60000 2298 1200 343
48 48 48 3701 APPLIED MATHEMATICS 4939 2794 2145 Computers & Mathematics 0.434298441 45 3854 3465 1176 2593 385 0.090823307 45000 34000 63000 2437 803 357
49 49 49 3607 PHARMACOLOGY 1762 515 1247 Biology & Life Science 0.707718502 3 1144 657 532 565 107 0.085531575 45000 40000 45000 603 478 93
50 50 50 5006 OCEANOGRAPHY 2418 752 1666 Physical Sciences 0.688999173 36 1638 1931 379 1595 99 0.056994819 44700 23000 50000 459 996 186
51 51 51 2501 ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT 2906 2400 506 Engineering 0.174122505 29 2125 1992 462 1358 74 0.03365166 44000 30000 50000 482 844 245
52 52 52 6104 MEDICAL ASSISTING SERVICES 11123 803 10320 Health 0.927807246 67 9168 5643 4107 4290 407 0.042506527 42000 30000 65000 2091 6948 1270
53 53 53 4005 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE 609 500 109 Computers & Mathematics 0.178981938 7 559 584 0 391 0 0.0 42000 30000 78000 452 67 25
54 54 54 2101 COMPUTER PROGRAMMING AND DATA PROCESSING 4168 3046 1122 Computers & Mathematics 0.269193858 43 3257 3204 482 2453 419 0.11398259 41300 20000 46000 2024 1033 263
55 55 55 4006 COGNITIVE SCIENCE AND BIOPSYCHOLOGY 3831 1667 2164 Biology & Life Science 0.56486557 25 2741 2470 711 1584 223 0.075236167 41000 20000 60000 1369 921 135
56 56 56 2303 SCHOOL STUDENT COUNSELING 818 119 699 Education 0.854523227 4 730 595 135 545 88 0.107579462 41000 41000 43000 509 221 0
57 57 57 5505 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 28187 10345 17842 Social Science 0.632986838 219 21190 18681 5563 13583 2271 0.096798943 40100 31200 53000 6774 9570 2499
58 58 58 6200 GENERAL BUSINESS 234590 132238 102352 Business 0.436301633 2380 190183 171385 36241 138299 14946 0.072861468 40000 30000 55000 29334 100831 27320
59 59 59 1401 ARCHITECTURE 46420 25463 20957 Engineering 0.451464886 362 34158 29223 10206 20026 4366 0.113331949 40000 31000 50000 16178 13724 4221
60 60 60 6210 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 25894 10624 15270 Business 0.589711902 260 19660 17563 4890 12823 2092 0.096175064 40000 30000 50000 3383 9482 3046
61 61 61 6108 PHARMACY PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES AND ADMINISTRATION 23551 8697 14854 Health 0.630716318 38 16620 12537 5346 9131 977 0.055520827 40000 20000 90000 11573 4493 1121
62 62 62 3603 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 18300 7426 10874 Biology & Life Science 0.59420765 90 11581 9441 4590 6183 1067 0.084361164 40000 29000 47000 7225 3145 1168
63 63 63 6299 MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS & MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION 17947 10285 7662 Business 0.42692372 244 14826 13364 3366 10637 1150 0.071982974 40000 30000 51000 2236 8937 1758
64 64 64 1101 AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT 14240 9658 4582 Agriculture & Natural Resources 0.321769663 273 12323 11119 2196 9093 649 0.050030836 40000 25000 50000 1925 6221 1362
65 65 65 1100 GENERAL AGRICULTURE 10399 6053 4346 Agriculture & Natural Resources 0.4179248 158 8884 7589 2031 5888 178 0.019642463 40000 30000 50000 2418 4717 839
66 66 66 2599 MISCELLANEOUS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES 8804 7043 1761 Engineering 0.200022717 125 7502 7001 1240 5825 416 0.05253852 40000 30400 56000 2446 3896 386
67 67 67 2504 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING RELATED TECHNOLOGIES 4790 4419 371 Engineering 0.077453027 71 4186 4175 247 3607 250 0.056357078 40000 27000 52000 1861 2121 406
68 68 68 3605 GENETICS 3635 1761 1874 Biology & Life Science 0.515543329 11 2463 1787 847 1487 87 0.034117647 40000 34000 45000 1675 678 201
69 69 69 5599 MISCELLANEOUS SOCIAL SCIENCES 3283 1499 1784 Social Science 0.543405422 28 2727 2183 907 1530 215 0.073079538 40000 30000 54000 744 1654 573
70 70 70 6403 UNITED STATES HISTORY 3079 1756 1323 Humanities & Liberal Arts 0.429684963 22 2787 2103 839 1274 138 0.047179487 40000 30000 42000 801 1591 302
71 71 71 5205 INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY 3014 1075 1939 Psychology & Social Work 0.643331121 24 2343 1644 1095 1409 286 0.108786611 40000 32000 53000 559 1224 272
72 72 72 1102 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS 2439 1749 690 Agriculture & Natural Resources 0.282902829 44 2174 1819 620 1528 182 0.077249576 40000 27000 54000 535 893 94
73 73 73 5000 PHYSICAL SCIENCES 1436 894 542 Physical Sciences 0.377437326 10 1146 768 437 653 42 0.035353535 40000 30000 55000 530 465 269
74 74 74 3801 MILITARY TECHNOLOGIES 124 124 0 Industrial Arts & Consumer Services 0.0 4 0 111 0 111 0 0.0 40000 40000 40000 0 0 0
75 75 75 5003 CHEMISTRY 66530 32923 33607 Physical Sciences 0.505140538 353 48535 39509 15066 29910 2769 0.0539724 39000 30000 49900 30382 14718 4288
76 76 76 5701 ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL, AND PRECISION TECHNOLOGIES AND PRODUCTION 2435 1869 566 Industrial Arts & Consumer Services 0.232443532 37 2107 2057 287 1752 64 0.029479503 38400 22500 45000 221 1659 81
77 77 77 6203 BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 329927 173809 156118 Business 0.473189524 4212 276234 251540 50357 199897 21502 0.072218341 38000 29000 50000 36720 148395 32395
78 78 78 6206 MARKETING AND MARKETING RESEARCH 205211 78857 126354 Business 0.615727227 2684 178862 156668 35829 127230 11663 0.061215064 38000 30000 50000 25320 93889 27968
79 79 79 5506 POLITICAL SCIENCE AND GOVERNMENT 182621 93880 88741 Social Science 0.485929877 1387 133454 117709 43711 83236 15022 0.101174601 38000 28000 50000 36854 66947 19803
80 80 80 5504 GEOGRAPHY 18480 11404 7076 Social Science 0.382900433 179 14057 11367 5651 8628 1799 0.113458628 38000 30000 50000 5350 6830 1905
81 81 81 3606 MICROBIOLOGY 15232 6383 8849 Biology & Life Science 0.580948004 62 9685 7453 3379 5080 693 0.066775872 38000 29600 50000 5577 3174 1246
82 82 82 2106 COMPUTER ADMINISTRATION MANAGEMENT AND SECURITY 8066 6607 1459 Computers & Mathematics 0.180882718 103 6509 6289 1030 4936 721 0.099723375 37500 25000 50000 2354 3244 308
83 83 83 3601 BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES 39107 18951 20156 Biology & Life Science 0.515406449 174 25678 20643 9948 13785 2249 0.080531385 37400 29000 50000 15654 8394 3012
84 84 84 3602 BOTANY 1329 626 703 Biology & Life Science 0.52896915 9 1010 946 169 740 0 0.0 37000 26000 40000 677 184 56
85 85 85 2107 COMPUTER NETWORKING AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS 7613 5291 2322 Computers & Mathematics 0.305004597 97 6144 5495 1447 4369 1100 0.151849807 36400 27000 49000 2593 2941 352
86 86 86 5004 GEOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCE 10972 5813 5159 Physical Sciences 0.470196865 78 8296 6966 2913 5008 677 0.075448568 36200 28000 47000 4858 2792 959
87 87 87 6209 HUMAN RESOURCES AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 24497 6184 18313 Business 0.747560926 264 20760 18550 3767 15446 1315 0.059569649 36000 28000 45000 2406 9629 1906
88 88 88 3202 PRE-LAW AND LEGAL STUDIES 13528 4435 9093 Law & Public Policy 0.672161443 92 9762 7851 3595 5370 757 0.071965016 36000 29200 46000 2002 6454 1336
89 89 89 6199 MISCELLANEOUS HEALTH MEDICAL PROFESSIONS 13386 1589 11797 Health 0.881293889 81 10076 7514 4145 5868 893 0.08141125 36000 23000 42000 5652 3835 1422
90 90 90 5401 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 5629 2947 2682 Law & Public Policy 0.476461183 46 4158 4148 847 2952 789 0.1594906 36000 23000 60000 919 2313 496
91 91 91 5005 GEOSCIENCES 1978 809 1169 Physical Sciences 0.591001011 18 1441 1264 354 1011 36 0.024373731 36000 21000 41000 784 591 221
92 92 92 5206 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 1386 413 973 Psychology & Social Work 0.702020202 8 1080 828 433 529 33 0.029649596 36000 34000 45000 434 593 37
93 93 93 1301 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 25965 10787 15178 Biology & Life Science 0.584556133 225 20859 16987 7071 10916 1779 0.078584681 35600 25000 40200 8149 10076 3175
94 94 94 1901 COMMUNICATIONS 213996 70619 143377 Communications & Journalism 0.669998505 2394 179633 147335 49889 116251 14602 0.075176976 35000 27000 45000 40763 97964 27440
95 95 95 5301 CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND FIRE PROTECTION 152824 80231 72593 Law & Public Policy 0.47501047 1728 125393 109970 32242 88548 11268 0.082452199 35000 26000 45000 24348 88858 18404
96 96 96 6004 COMMERCIAL ART AND GRAPHIC DESIGN 103480 32041 71439 Arts 0.690365288 1186 83483 67448 24387 52243 8947 0.096797577 35000 25000 45000 37389 38119 14839
97 97 97 1902 JOURNALISM 72619 23736 48883 Communications & Journalism 0.673143392 843 61022 51411 15902 39524 4535 0.069176442 35000 26000 42900 23279 26672 8512
98 98 98 5098 MULTI-DISCIPLINARY OR GENERAL SCIENCE 62052 27015 35037 Physical Sciences 0.564639335 427 46138 37850 13133 28966 2727 0.055806815 35000 24000 50000 17923 22039 5751
99 99 99 1904 ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS 53162 12862 40300 Communications & Journalism 0.758060269 681 45326 38815 10948 30932 3305 0.067960766 35000 27000 47000 9659 23059 7214
100 100 100 1501 AREA ETHNIC AND CIVILIZATION STUDIES 31195 8739 22456 Humanities & Liberal Arts 0.719858952 249 24629 18755 9541 13109 1668 0.063429289 35000 24500 44000 8465 11818 3677

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CREATE TABLE "college-majors/recent-grads" (
"Rank" INTEGER,
  "Major_code" INTEGER,
  "Major" TEXT,
  "Total" INTEGER,
  "Men" INTEGER,
  "Women" INTEGER,
  "Major_category" TEXT,
  "ShareWomen" REAL,
  "Sample_size" INTEGER,
  "Employed" INTEGER,
  "Full_time" INTEGER,
  "Part_time" INTEGER,
  "Full_time_year_round" INTEGER,
  "Unemployed" INTEGER,
  "Unemployment_rate" REAL,
  "Median" INTEGER,
  "P25th" INTEGER,
  "P75th" INTEGER,
  "College_jobs" INTEGER,
  "Non_college_jobs" INTEGER,
  "Low_wage_jobs" INTEGER
);