The Dept. of Education statistics has the data on Bachelors degrees earned by field of study.
In that year there were 1.65 million Bachelors handed out. I took the degrees and figured the % by total.
Here is the list :
| Business | 21.71% |
| Social sciences and history | 10.47% |
| Health professions and related programs | 7.86% |
| Education | 6.14% |
| Psychology | 5.89% |
| Visual and performing arts | 5.56% |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 5.24% |
| Communication, journalism, and related programs | 4.93% |
| Engineering | 4.40% |
| English language and literature/letters | 3.23% |
| Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities | 2.85% |
| Homeland security, law enforcement, and firefighting | 2.65% |
| Computer and information sciences | 2.40% |
| Multi/interdisciplinary studies | 2.28% |
| Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies | 2.02% |
| Agriculture and natural resources | 1.60% |
| Public administration and social services | 1.54% |
| Physical sciences and science technologies | 1.42% |
| Family and consumer sciences/human sciences | 1.32% |
| Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics | 1.30% |
| Engineering technologies | 0.97% |
| Mathematics and statistics | 0.97% |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 0.76% |
| Architecture and related services | 0.61% |
| Theology and religious vocations | 0.53% |
| Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies | 0.52% |
| Transportation and materials moving | 0.30% |
| Communications technologies | 0.29% |
| Legal professions and studies | 0.24% |
| Library science | 0.01% |
| Military technologies and applied sciences | 0.00% |
How many of those graduates do you think are going to face a strong demand for their degrees in the job market? Seems to be around 1/3 or more of the degrees listed won't have particularly strong markets.
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