What We're Showing
The college majors with the highest underemployment rates in the U.S., using data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as of Q1 2025.
The underemployment rate refers to the share of grads working jobs that typically do not require a degree.
Key Takeaways
- Humanities and Arts degrees dominate the most underemployed degrees, with five out of the top 10 most underemployed majors.
- Despite the large amount of Humanities and Arts degrees with high underemployment, various sciences also have high rates like medical technicians, animal and plant sciences, and Biology.
- The overall underemployment rate in the U.S. is 38.3%, indicating a potentially broken education and career system as more than one-third of college graduates are not using their degrees in their occupation.
