Getting a solid job with a high salary soon after graduating from college is, for many students and families, the goal of their degree. Tie this in with the belief that majoring in STEM will guarantee both a high salary and a low unemployment rate, and it’s no wonder that 131,500 undergraduates obtained bachelor’s degrees in biological and biomedical sciences in 2021 (the fifth most popular college major in the United States), and that 126,000 undergraduates did so in engineering (the sixth most popular).
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Many students, even high school seniors preparing their college applications, don't quite know which major they want to pursue. Maybe there are too many majors that interest them, making it difficult to boil their choices down. Maybe your student wants to pick a major that sets them on a career path, but they haven't committed to their intended career yet!
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We're tackling a pretty interesting topic tonight – because now that summer's here (happy June!) we're going to look back at this past 2022-2023 admissions cycle, and talk through some of the trends we've been seeing in college admissions.
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How are your student's college search and list of schools going? We've shared our tips on how to build your college list and start researching schools (complete with questions students can ask themselves to help refine their lists), but it's also important to hone in and research the specifics—specifics like college majors.
Researching majors and choosing the one(s) for you can be a difficult task, especially for students with diverse interests. Here are five of our tips to help your student as they consider their options:
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We had the privilege of sitting down recently with Guillermo Vasquez, Freshman Admissions Counselor at UCSB, to talk about the recent adjustments to the admissions process made by the UC system and the unique challenges and trends within higher education in the year ahead.
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We'll be chatting more about majors today. Last webinar, earlier this week, we did a talk about summer programs: what you should be thinking about? We systematically went through the different options. We'll be going through that with majors through – that similar process of going through the different options: what students are looking at, and best practices, or what students should be looking at doing and achieving, and programs – things like that.
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If you’ve never heard of a 3-2 engineering program, you’re not alone. These dual-degree programs – which offer students the ability to attend two colleges, and get a degree in engineering along with a full liberal arts education – are sadly underlooked by many.
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There are quite a number of B.S/M.D. programs out there, all offering a variety of options to propel future doctors forward along the road. Checkout a list of the top twelve B.S./M.D. programs currently offered.
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The requirements themselves for a B.S./M.D. program are often quite tight. Take a glance over this list of just a few of the country’s programs – not even necessarily the top ones!
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Some students (and parents!) think that engineering will guarantee a high salary and low unemployment rate – but after all, not everybody’s an engineer. Many college majors can lead to high-paying jobs – and engineering majors aren’t even the most employable people out there! Below are ten majors with very low unemployment rates – meaning that most people who graduate with these degrees do get a job over 97% of the time and the jobs don’t pay all that poorly, either!
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