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Underemployment rate of U.S. college graduates by major 2021

Published by Erin Duffin, Jul 16, 2021
As of February 2021, around 74.3 percent of recent college graduates who majored in criminal justice were underemployed in the United States. Of those who majored in performing arts, about 67.6 percent were underemployed.

Percentage of recent college graduates in the United States who are underemployed as of February 2021, by major

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Release date

February 2021

Region

United States

Survey time period

February 12, 2021

Supplementary notes

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York defines underemployment as "working in a job that typically does not require a bachelor’s degree". Recent college graduates are those aged 22 to 27 with a bachelor's degree or higher

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