Guides · Updated October 19, 2026
Is my degree worthless because of AI?
Your degree still leads to good work. Getting the first job is harder in some fields, so use the years in school to build what employers can't get from a tool.
Twelve majors
Hours in a typical week of the work each major leads to that still need a person.
- Business and marketing student26 of 40 hours
- Computer science student20 of 40 hours
- Data science and statistics student20 of 40 hours
- Cybersecurity student18 of 40 hours
- Mechanical engineering student32 of 40 hours
- ECE student27 of 40 hours
- Civil engineering student30 of 40 hours
- Biomedical engineering student26 of 40 hours
- Industrial design student24 of 40 hours
- Biology and pre-health student29 of 40 hours
- Nursing student31 of 40 hours
- Public health student22 of 40 hours
Hours are for a typical 40-hour week at the middle pace, from our task-by-task reports. How we score a job.
What to do this term
Build one real project
Something you made and checked, with AI in the loop, beats a list of courses.
Find the work that holds
Your major's page shows the tasks that stay with people in the jobs ahead.
Explore a plan B
One short session a week lets you try a newer role, so you know by graduation whether it fits.