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The College Majors Most Likely To Get You Hired In Your Field And Outside Of It

Forbes Daily Briefing

Forbes

Business, Tech News, News

4.418 Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2026

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Choosing a college major has always felt like a big life decision, influenced by not only personal inclinations and talents, but also by starting salaries—new engineering and computer science grads earn more than those with English degrees. But in today’s labor market, where hiring has slowed, artificial intelligence is reshaping some industries faster than others, and many once-booming job categories have cooled off, young people should be asking themselves an additional question: How many career paths can I take with my degree? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Today on Forbes, the college major is most likely to get you hired in your field and outside of it.

0:57.9

Choosing a college major has always felt like a big life decision, influenced by not only personal inclinations and talents, but also by starting salaries.

1:07.3

New engineering and computer science grads earn more than those with English degrees.

1:12.2

But in today's labor market, where hiring has slowed, artificial intelligence is reshaping

1:17.1

some industries faster than others, and many once-booming job categories have cooled off.

1:22.6

Young people should be asking themselves an additional question.

1:26.1

How many career paths can I take with my degree?

1:29.9

According to new LinkedIn data provided exclusively to Forbes, the key to young professionals

1:35.1

successfully navigating today's uneven job market may depend on whether their degree is versatile

1:40.5

enough to land a job in several different industries.

1:44.3

With overall hiring down 20% from pre-pandemic levels and 5% from last year,

1:50.6

LinkedIn analyzed the 20 most common majors on their platform among recent bachelor-degree graduates

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