Graduating into an AI job market?
Look up your major. See the jobs it prepares you for, which are projected to grow or shrink, which hire people straight out of college, and what to learn about AI before you apply. Every figure has its source.
36 majors so far, from the US Department of Education's crosswalk of majors to jobs and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Or start free with lesson 1.
Find your major
Technology
- Computer science 17 jobs, 10 open to new graduates
- Information technology 12 jobs, 6 open to new graduates
- Cybersecurity 7 jobs, 2 open to new graduates
- Data science and statistics 11 jobs, 3 open to new graduates
Business
- Business administration 23 jobs, 6 open to new graduates
- Accounting 8 jobs, 6 open to new graduates
- Finance 12 jobs, 6 open to new graduates
- Marketing 7 jobs, 2 open to new graduates
- Human resources 10 jobs, 2 open to new graduates
- Supply chain and logistics 4 jobs, 1 open to new graduates
- Hospitality management 4 jobs, 0 open to new graduates
Health
- Nursing 2 jobs, 1 open to new graduates
- Health care administration 3 jobs, 0 open to new graduates
- Public health 4 jobs, 1 open to new graduates
Communication and the arts
- Communication 10 jobs, 5 open to new graduates
- Journalism 5 jobs, 3 open to new graduates
- English 3 jobs, 2 open to new graduates
- Graphic design 6 jobs, 3 open to new graduates
- Film and video production 4 jobs, 2 open to new graduates
- Foreign languages 3 jobs, 2 open to new graduates
Social sciences
- Economics 6 jobs, 2 open to new graduates
- Psychology 6 jobs, 1 open to new graduates
- Sociology 4 jobs, 1 open to new graduates
- Political science 5 jobs, 2 open to new graduates
- History 4 jobs, 1 open to new graduates
- Social work 9 jobs, 3 open to new graduates
- Criminal justice 5 jobs, 0 open to new graduates
Science and math
- Biology 9 jobs, 5 open to new graduates
- Chemistry 7 jobs, 3 open to new graduates
- Mathematics 7 jobs, 3 open to new graduates
Engineering and design
- Mechanical engineering 5 jobs, 3 open to new graduates
- Civil engineering 3 jobs, 1 open to new graduates
- Electrical engineering 6 jobs, 4 open to new graduates
- Architecture 3 jobs, 1 open to new graduates
Education and law
- Education 3 jobs, 2 open to new graduates
- Legal studies and pre law 3 jobs, 0 open to new graduates
What employers now expect, and most programs skip
In Handshake's study of the Class of 2026, 58 percent of seniors said they will need stronger AI skills to succeed at work, but only 28 percent said their program had meaningfully integrated AI (April 2026).
Learn it in plain language: give AI a task clearly, check what it hands back, know when not to use it. Then prove it by explaining it back in your own words, and keep a record an employer can check.
Start free: lesson 1Questions graduates ask
- Is my major still worth it with AI?
- Look it up here. For each major you see every job the US government's crosswalk links it to, and for each job the Bureau of Labor Statistics outlook, pay, and the education and experience it takes to get in. No one measure says a degree is worth it, so we show them side by side.
- Why is it harder for graduates to get hired right now?
- The clearest measured effect of AI so far is on entry level hiring. Stanford's Digital Economy Lab found no widespread displacement, but employment for young workers in the most AI exposed jobs has fallen 19 percent behind comparable peers (August 2026). The share of full-time job postings on Handshake that mention AI nearly doubled in a year, to 4.2 percent, and pessimism among seniors rose from 46 to 62 percent in two years (April 2026).
- What should I learn about AI before I graduate?
- Giving AI a task clearly, checking what it hands back before anyone relies on it, and knowing when not to use it. In Handshake's study of the Class of 2026, 58 percent of seniors said they will need stronger AI skills to succeed at work, but only 28 percent said their program had meaningfully integrated AI (April 2026). The first GAGE lesson is free.
- How do I show an employer I can work with AI?
- A certificate says you finished a course. At GAGE you explain each idea back in your own words and it is graded against the lesson, so your record shows what you understood, and an employer can check it with one link.
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How we build these pages
A major's jobs come from the National Center for Education Statistics (IES, U.S. Department of Education) and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 Crosswalk, which describes what a program typically prepares you for. In its own words: “It is not a record of the occupational outcomes of postsecondary instructional program completers.” Each job's outlook, pay, entry education and experience are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections program, 2025 to 2035 projections. Graduate survey: Handshake, April 2026; hiring study: Stanford Digital Economy Lab, August 2026.