newsweek:

1. Nursing 

2. Mechanical Engineering 

3. Electrical Engineering 

4. Civil Engineering 

5. Computer Science

6. Finance 

7. Marketing and Marketing Research 

8. Mathematics 

9. Accounting

10. French, German, Latin, and other Common Foreign Languages 

11. General Business 

12. Elementary Education 

13. Economics 

*Useful, for our purposes, is defined by majors most likely to lead to less unemployment and higher earnings, and which are in industries projected to grow in the next decade according to research from Georgetown University and data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Previously: The 13 Most Useless College Majors

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