The employment of college graduates in the class of 2024 has attracted much attention, and the overall situation is not optimistic. Graduates of liberal arts and science majors have difficulty finding employment, and only engineering majors are more optimistic. Engineering majors can be favored by enterprises, not only with many jobs, but also with good salaries. The data of the top 20 majors in terms of employment rate in 2024 shows that the overall employment contract rate is low, with only a few majors signing up for more than 80%, and many majors having an employment rate of less than 50%. With the announcement of the results of the postgraduate entrance examination, the competition for employment in the future will be more intense. Some graduates have signed multiple offers in advance. Among the top 20 majors, energy and power engineering has the highest employment rate of 8112%。The rise of the new energy vehicle industry provides a broad employment space for students majoring in this major. The mechanical engineering employment rate is 7545%, ranking second in the country. The mechanical profession runs through the entire industrial production chain, and China's industrial chain is complete and the employment is stable. The employment rate in microelectronics science and engineering is 7432%, ranking third in the country. This major is difficult to study, and the employment situation of graduate students is better, mainly engaged in the semiconductor industry, and has a broad development space in the field of chip research. The employment rate of automation majors is 7179%, fourth in the country. Automation majors have a wide range of employment to meet the needs of various industries, and the employment rate is expected to continue to climb. The employment rate of software engineering is 7013%, fifth in the country. The Internet industry has laid off employees, the scale of recruitment has been reduced, and the employment salary of software engineering majors is higher. The employment rate of vehicle engineering reached 6997%, sixth in the country. Benefiting from the rise of the new energy vehicle industry, skilled graduates are highly sought after, and the employment prospects are bullish. The employment rate for computer science and technology majors is 6865%, ranking seventh in the country. After several years of enrollment expansion, computer science majors are saturated, job salaries are gradually decreasing, and the current employment situation tends to be stable. In summary, majors with higher employment rates are closely related to sunrise industries, and industries with expanded scale can provide more employment opportunities. With the recession of the real estate and construction industries, the employment prospects of majors such as civil engineering and architecture are no longer optimistic, and engineering majors have become a career outlet for ordinary students, with most of the top 20 majors now in the engineering category, while science and liberal arts majors are relatively low. As of February 2024, more students will be employed in the next three months, and the employment rate of various majors is still expected to rise.
The employment situation of college graduates in 2024 has attracted much attention, and the overall situation is not bright. Graduates of liberal arts and science majors face greater employment difficulties, while engineering majors are relatively optimistic. Engineering majors are highly sought after by companies, with abundant employment opportunities and high salaries.
There are obvious differences in the employment status of graduates of various majors in 2024, and from the perspective of the employment situation of different majors, engineering majors seem to be more favored. Excellent graduates can get multiple offers, and the employment rate has been climbing.
The employment rate of energy and power engineering majors ranks first, thanks to the rapid development of the new energy vehicle industry, and the employment prospects are broad. The mechanical engineering major ranks second, running through the industrial production chain, and employment continues to be stable. Microelectronics Science and Engineering is ranked third, and graduate degree graduates are more popular and have relatively high employment salaries. The automation major ranks fourth, and has broad employment space in the manufacturing and new energy vehicle industries. Software engineering and vehicle engineering ranked fifth and sixth, respectively, with positive job prospects. Although the computer science and technology major ranked seventh, it is facing increasing employment pressure and needs more technological innovation to enhance its competitiveness.
Majors with higher employment rates are usually related to sunrise industries, such as new energy vehicles, semiconductors, etc., which provide a large number of employment opportunities. In contrast, the real estate and infrastructure sectors are in decline, and majors such as civil engineering and architecture have begun to decline, and students are gradually moving away from these fields.
Mr. Zhang Xuefeng pointed out that engineering majors are the way out for ordinary students, and most of the top 20 majors with the highest employment rate are concentrated in the field of engineering, while the employment status of science and liberal arts majors is relatively poor. The employment rate will increase as graduates become employed in the next three months.
By analyzing the employment situation of the top 20 majors, it can be seen that the employment rate of majors related to the sunrise industry is relatively high, and with the continuous innovation of technology and the rapid development of the industry in the future, graduates will have broader employment prospects.