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The College Majors Handbook: The Actual Jobs, Earnings, and Trends for Graduates of 60 College Majors

The College Majors Handbook: The Actual Jobs, Earnings, and Trends for Graduates of 60 College Majors by N. P Fogg, P E. Harrington, and T. F. Harrington; JIST Works;1999; $24.95. The College Majors Handbook is a helpful resource for high school counselors and career professionals who require daily in-depth, and reliable information regarding college majors. Counselors can use the detailed information, which is easy to read and well-organized, to assist students in the consideration and / or choice of a college major best fitted to the student's interest and ability. The book offers a unique composite of career choice philosophy and psychology, augmented by empirical data from actual graduates' employment experiences. Most of the information, which is based on bachelor degreed graduates, is organized by typical college majors. It covers the philosophy, psychology, and the real-life economics involved in the decision to make a substantial investment in a college education. A major portion of the book reviews specific college majors within the fields of behavioral and medical sciences, business and administration, education, engineering, humanities and social sciences, natural sciences, and technology. Information about college graduates includes their actual earnings compared with the earnings made by high school graduates and the labor market rates of employment for college graduates according to their choice of college major and field. This important information regarding the major field of study chosen by students at any college or university demonstrates that their choice will ultimately have a more long-lasting effect on their career, work environment, and earnings after graduation than any other single factor. Neeta P Fogg and Paul E. Harrington are economists in the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University in Boston. Thomas F. Harrington is a counseling psychologist at the same institution. The unique blending of these professionals' expertise has produced a book that not only combines information about the career exploration process, but also provides a direct link for the reader into specific careers by presenting the actual jobs and earnings according to a student's choice of major. National Census Bureau Data Most of the handbook's data is based on information provided by more than 150,000 respondents to a National Survey of College Graduates conducted in 1993 and 1994 by the U.S. Bureau of the Census for the National Science Foundation. The first of its kind, the results of this survey represent the largest and most comprehensive analysis of job placement data available. This type of data was first generated by the 1990 Census when the census question about education was changed from the number of years of schooling to asking the actual degree earned. The data used in this book is based on a stratified random sample of the 150,000 respondents, which generalizes to the population at large, regarding the actual degree earned, current occupation, and earnings of one in every six households within the United States. In order for a sample set of any one major to be included in the book, the sample size had to have 300 or more respondents. The available data produced information on the 60 typical majors finally chosen for the book. A chapter is devoted to each of the 60 college majors, which provides an in-depth overview of the occupations found by graduates within that particular major. For example, counselors, parents, and students can find out that graduates with a bachelor's degree in Psychology were most likely to find jobs as managers, executives, or administrators. Also, included in each of these chapters are a compilation of job-related activities, employment outlook, and projected total numbers for each occupation. The estimated change in numbers for each college major from 1996 through 2006 was taken from the Occupational Outlook Handbook, 1998-1999. …