What are the college degrees that are in demand in the USA?
What else besides nursing? What about the following? Electrical engineering, psychology, or philosophy.
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Engineering is the golden ticket. I read that we import 60% of our engineers. The worst one is probally...finance, philosophy, art, etc. Psychology was the most popular major in the country when I graduated, so I would toss that out. My cousin got a Philosophy degree, and now he is getting a job repairing power lines. Just think: if the work getting the degree is ridiculously hard and involves lots of math, the job that results is probally in demand.
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I agree, Engineering is going to continue to be a highly sought after position, particularly Environmental Engineering. Mechanical, structural, and civil are a bit saturated, though any engineering associated with technology products has great potential.
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Engineering degrees still find some demand. However, if you are a US-educated foreign student, even getting a masters in electrical (or other) engineering specialty, you have little to no chance of getting a job in the US now. Just spent the summer with foreign students, including engineering, and not one has been able to find a job with an employer willing and able to get them an employment visa. Too costly, too time-consuming, too much trouble. Hiring Americans is cheaper, faster, simpler. Of course, if you are not US-trained, don't waste your time applying for anything in the US. The real unemployment jumped to 22.5% in September and is climbing again. Over 31 million Americans are desperate for work, and more are about to be laid off. E.g. financial sector looks to lose 80,000 more jobs with the next 6 months; 2 months ago, that was expected by end-2011. Psych & philosophy have been glutted for decades. Only a third of all US PhDs ever find work in their field. That's been true since the 1970's. For psych, it's about a quarter; for philosophy, less than 10%. No PhD in Philosophy, no jobs at all ever.
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None of those degrees would get you sponsorsip. You need a PHD and many years expereicne in order to qualify for sponsorsip. There are lots of graduates in the US without work.
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Engineering & Medicine Oh and NEVER bother with Philosophy. It's a good example of a purely academic, yet useless subject in the world. Arts'y subjects generally are, to be truthful. Unless you go into Law, but that's another matter. Foreign lawyers aren't in demand in the US, and it's not practical anyway, seeing as laws differ all around the world.
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