More Job Opportunities and Better Pay for 2015 College Grads
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iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — It’s college graduation season and this year’s crop of diploma-earners can expect a robust job market for their skills and services, according to a new CareerBuilder survey of 2,175 hiring managers and human resource professionals.
With the economy having emerged from the Great Recession, two-thirds of employers plan to hire college grads, up from 57 percent in 2014.
As for which degrees can expect the best reception, business was named their top choice by 38 percent of employers.
Here are the rest:
- Computer and Information Sciences — 27 percent
- Engineering — 18 percent
- Math and Statistics — 14 percent
- Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences — 14 percent
- Communications Technologies — 12 percent
- Engineering Technologies — 12 percent
- Communication and Journalism — 10 percent
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities — 9 percent
- Science Technologies — 8 percent
- Education — 7 percent
Meanwhile, a third of employers say the college grads they gives jobs to can expect starting salaries that are higher than were offered last year with only one in 10 cutting pay. The rest will offer no change in salaries from 2014.
Expected starting salaries for recent graduates break down as follows:
- Under $30,000 — 26 percent
- $30,000 to less than $40,000 — 28 percent
- $40,000 to less than $50,000 — 20 percent
- $50,000 and higher — 26 percent
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