Tough times for most majors

The Washington Post is reporting some interesting unemployment numbers today. Specifically, the statistics pertain to recent college graduates with various majors who are unemployed. Here's a sample:

• Liberal Arts: 9.4 percent unemployed.
• Computer and Math: 8.2 percent
• Business: 7.4 percent
• Journalism: 7.3 percent

I included liberal arts because I have a B.A. degree from a private liberal arts college. I listed journalism because it was my profession for nearly 30 years. Compared with what I perceived as being more desirable majors in this struggling economy, liberal arts and journalism grads aren't that worse off. Of course, everything is relative and none of these percentages are very good. All four majors are hovering right around the national unemployment rate, which was announced today to be 8.3 percent. Click here to read about the latest figures. It's another good news, bad news report.