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&lt;p&gt;With increased concern about employment after graduation, more students are focusing not only about &lt;em&gt;where&lt;/em&gt; they are getting their degree, but also about what they&#39;re getting it &lt;em&gt;in&lt;/em&gt;.  Different majors have different employment outlooks.  If you&#39;re most concerned with getting a job directly out of school, nursing and education appear to be the best degrees, according to &lt;em&gt;50 Best College Majors for a Secure Future&lt;/em&gt; by Laurence Shatkin, which was published this month.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But it may not be as straightforward as you think.  For students interested in going to law school, for example, Michael Nieswiadomy of the University of North Texas recently published a study of the undergrad majors that scored best on the LSAT.  Brought to us via TaxProf Blog, the best-scoring majors are physics and math, economics and philosophy and theology--not your typical majors for employment.  The LSAT may just be a test, but there is a correlation between scoring well on the LSAT and scoring a job after earning your JD.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.vault.com/VCM/blogs/2009LSATbyMajor.png&quot; alt=&quot;Undergrad Majors and LSAT Scores Table&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;College isn&#39;t meant to just prepare you for your first job after graduation.  It&#39;s to prepare you for your career and your life.  So when choosing a major, it&#39;s important think about the long term, and not just your first job offer.&lt;/p&gt;

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