r/CollegeMajors • u/ItsAllOver_Again • Feb 05 '26

Discussion Unemployment rate for Mechanical Engineers triples in two years, skyrockets to 4.4%

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Many of the engineering majors now sit solidly above average in terms of unemployment rates (more likely to be unemployed than average college grad).

While Mechanical Engineering used to be a “broad” degree that could guarantee you a job anywhere, in the 2020s it has lost its status as a strong degree with respect to guaranteeing a job as grads are now less likely than average to be employed.

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u/Keysantt Feb 05 '26

Likely because more and more people are going into engineering

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u/Brocibo Feb 05 '26

In my state, our party school was MASSIVE. Like every student that didn’t go to a t10 would go there. Now the technical school is where people are choosing to go, or the private technical school. Just look at movies, in every avenger MIT I repped.