Grads majoring in this earn $90,000 a year, and only 1.6% are unemployed.
One college major offers smooth sailing above all others for students seeking a secure, well-paying job.
People with naval architecture and marine engineering major earned an $90,000 median annual income and had a 1.6% unemployment rate. Twenty-nine percent had higher degrees, Bankrate said after reviewing 2017 U.S. Census Bureau data. Another degree also means more time away from the workforce and more student debt at a time when Americans owe $1.5 trillion in student loans.
Bankrate’s study puts science, technology, engineering and mathematics majors at the top of the list and humanities majors at the bottom, which is not a surprising outcome.STEM jobs are lucrative and in high demand. The Bureau of Labor Statistics says the amount of STEM jobs has grown faster than other occupations, expanding at 10.8% from 2012 to 2016, compared to the 7.4% for all occupations.
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