College majors with the highest unemployment rates in the U.S. 2012 | Statista

This statistic shows college majors with the highest unemployment rates in the United States between 2009 and 2012. The rate of unemployment for students with an international business major stood at 12.3 percent in 2012.

College majors with the highest unemployment rates in the U.S. between 2009 and 2012

Characteristic	Share of unemployed U.S. students
International Business	12.3%
Computer and Information Systems	12.1%
Miscellaneous Computer	11.3%
Anthropology and Archeology	10.9%
Political Science and Government	10.9%
Architecture	10.3%
Philosophy and Religious Studies	10.3%
Fine Arts	10.2%
Commercial Art and Graphic Design	9.9%
Economics	9.8%

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February 2015

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United States

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2009-2012

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Not all college majors were taken into account in this statistic. There are a number of college majors absent for which the source didn't present any data because of small sample sizes.

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