Published
03-26-2016
Choice of college major can have a profound impact on employability and earning potential throughout the course of one’s career. The distribution of college majors in a region can also affect location decisions of firms eager to capitalize on a talented and diverse workforce. Recent reports have found higher rates of full-time, year-round employment among science and engineering or related majors. Science and engineering and business majors also reported higher median wages, and were employed in a wide range of industries. In 2014, 47.0% of college graduates in the Tucson Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) reported a science and engineering or related field as their college major. This ranked Tucson fourth out of 12 western MSAs.
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