10. Medical Assisting Services
Unemployment rate: 2.9 percent (Average for all grads with a bachelor’s degree: 4.9 percent)
Unemployment rate for recent grads: 5.4 percent (Average for top 100 majors: 7.7 percent)
Median salary: $51,000 (Median for all grads with bachelor’s: $54,756)
Median salary for recent grads: $43,000 (Median for top 100 majors: $37,000)
Projected job growth for this field, 2010–2020: 31 percent (Average: 14 percent)
