According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, art history majors have a 3% unemployment rate while computer engineering grads are at 7.5%.
"One theory why computer engineering majors have higher unemployment rates than art history majors is that there's more competition from people who are trained without a four-year degree," suggests Matt Lamb of The College Fix. "Maybe they take like a coding boot camp, or they have a certificate."
That echoes the thoughts of economist Mark Perry, a University of Michigan Flint emeritus professor, and Alex Beene, a financial literacy instructor for the University of Tennessee at Martin.
Lamb also suggests it is more difficult to replace liberal arts-related jobs with artificial intelligence, because they are not necessarily repetitive tasks.
He adds that computer apps are making computers more user friendly and notes the possibility that computer science is being taught differently than it was a decade ago.
But as the job market fluctuates, there may be a greater need for computer engineers and computer scientists in the future.
