Healthcare among professions with the lowest unemployment
The Education, Healthcare, Business and Professional Services industries have been the most stable employers for recent college graduates. That is according to a new report by the Center on Education and the Workforce at Georgetown University.
Unemployment rates are relatively low (5.4 percent) for recent college students who majored in Healthcare and Education because these majors are attached to stable or growing industry sectors. Recent graduates in Psychology and Social Work have relatively low unemployment rates (7.3 percent) nearly half work in Healthcare and Education. More than 60 percent of these recent college graduates who are working have landed in the Healthcare, Professional Contracting Businesses or Education sectors. Students with advanced healthcare degrees fared even better. Check out the full report for more information.