Fastest growing occupations usually requiring a bachelor’s degree
or more education, projected 1998-2008
Numeric
Percent change
change (thousands)
Occupation
Occupations usually requiring a
bachelor’s degree or more education
Computer engineers
are projected to be among the fastest
growing between 1998 and 2008. Fast
Computer systems analysts
growing occupations usually have
better employment prospects and
Database administrators
more favorable conditions for mobility
and advancement than do occupations
Physician assistants
with slow or declining employment.
As the chart shows, computerResidential counselors
related occupations lead the growth
Engineering, natural science, and computer
among occupations requiring a
and information systems managers
bachelor’s degree or more education.
Securities,
commodities, and financial
Health-related occupations are also
services sales agents
among the fastest growing—in fact,
nearly half of the 20 fastest growing
Speech-language pathologists and audiologists
occupations in this education and
training category are computer- or
Social workers
health-related. The remaining ones are
from a wide range of fields, including 2
Biological scientists
each in education, social services, and
design.
Occupational therapists
These 20 occupations are expected
to account for 38 percent of all new
Physical therapists
jobs in occupations requiring at least a
bachelor’s degree.
108
94
77
38
Fall 2000
32
46
88
142
124
40
218
35
28
34
25
34
41
Teachers, special education
34
137
Medical and health services managers
33
74
30
191
Management analysts
28
98
Interior designers
27
15
Designers, except interior designers
27
91
Teachers, preschool
27
92
Electrical and electronics engineers
26
93
Total, all occupations requiring a bachelor’s
degee or more education
●
67
36
Computer programmers
36 Occupational Outlook Quarterly
577
48
43
41
323
21
6,611