Certificates and Degrees at Work: Fields of Study
To probe our question on fields of study and the employment landscape, we examined RI workers who received degrees or certificates from URI, RIC, and CCRI in the past 10 years. The chart above displays their fields of study.
About one quarter studied in a health-related field. "Business Management, Marketing, & Support Services" is next most common, representing about 13% of the total. Education is a close third, studied by just under 12% of recent graduates. A small percentage studied in technical fields including: Engineering; Computer & Information Sciences; and Engineering Technology. These areas may represent an opportunity for growth at both ends of the college-to-career pipeline.
