college_all_ages: The Economic Guide To Picking A College Major
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The raw data behind the story
"The Economic Guide To Picking A College Major"
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-economic-guide-to-picking-a-college-major/.
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Format
A data frame with 173 rows representing majors (all ages) and 11 variables:
- major_code
Major code, FO1DP in ACS PUMS
- major
Major description
- major_category
Category of major from Carnevale et al
- total
Total number of people with major
- employed
Number employed (ESR == 1 or 2)
- employed_fulltime_yearround
Employed at least 50 weeks (WKW == 1) and at least 35 hours (WKHP >= 35)
- unemployed
Number unemployed (ESR == 3)
- unemployment_rate
Unemployed / (Unemployed + Employed)
- p25th
25th percentile of earnings
- median
Median earnings of full-time, year-round workers
- p75th
75th percentile of earnings
Source
See https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data/blob/master/college-majors/readme.md.
See Also
college_grad_students, college_recent_grads
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Description
The raw data behind the story "The Economic Guide To Picking A College Major" https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-economic-guide-to-picking-a-college-major/.
Usage
1 |
Format
A data frame with 173 rows representing majors (all ages) and 11 variables:
- major_code
Major code, FO1DP in ACS PUMS
- major
Major description
- major_category
Category of major from Carnevale et al
- total
Total number of people with major
- employed
Number employed (ESR == 1 or 2)
- employed_fulltime_yearround
Employed at least 50 weeks (WKW == 1) and at least 35 hours (WKHP >= 35)
- unemployed
Number unemployed (ESR == 3)
- unemployment_rate
Unemployed / (Unemployed + Employed)
- p25th
25th percentile of earnings
- median
Median earnings of full-time, year-round workers
- p75th
75th percentile of earnings
Source
See https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data/blob/master/college-majors/readme.md.
See Also
college_grad_students, college_recent_grads
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