A Look at the Most ‘Underemployed’ College Majors

The income analysis group Payscale recently looked at the most “underemployed” college degree programs, and the results are somewhat surprising. According to their research, undergraduate BBA majors (a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Management), are the No. 1 most underemployed group of college grads. Mainly, because most graduates simply use the degree to go on to get the more in-demand MBA. Those that don’t go on to get their masters in the field typically don’t land high-paying business jobs. Criminal Justice majors came in second on the list, because in most cases, the jobs the graduates get in the field after college don’t require a degree. Theater Arts and Anthropology majors were cited because of a lack of jobs within the prospective fields. You can go here to see more of the list. Curiously, the Puppetry Arts degree was notably absent from their research …