Other estimates put recent college graduate underemployment between 25% and 50%, depending on methodology and the population analyzed.  See the sources for this fact-check Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate James Fishback has focused much of his campaign on the concerns of his biggest supporters: young voters.

If your major is anthropology, physics, computer engineering, commercial art and graphic design, or fine arts, you may have the hardest time finding a job. But here are tips for landing employment after graduation.

Artificial intelligence could reshape work, but for now a low-hire, low-fire labor market is the main impediment for young people seeking employment.

Young college graduates used to have an advantage over high school graduates in finding a job, but that pattern seems to be changing.

Recent graduates going into tech face a double bind: Fewer entry-level openings and employers demanding experience that’s nearly impossible to get.

Polling by the Pew Research Center showed that the portion of college graduates with positive views of socialism roughly doubled during the 2010s, to over 40 percent. The shift helped fuel the rise of politicians like Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — left-wing figures who built mass appeal.

As AI reshapes white-collar work, new research shows that some of the most popular graduate degrees are actually leaving holders worse off financially.

Azraiel Raines dreamed of working for the State Department, after graduating from Idaho State University with a degree in global studies. But the State Department is not hiring. In fact it cut more than 1,300 jobs this past week as part of a broader ...

Ryan Jenkins, pictured above on Dec. 10, 2025, is the economic development coordinator for the city of Fairview Heights, Illinois. He encountered a rocky road on the path to finding a job. In July, Jenkins had an interview for the AmeriCorps VISTA program.