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70% of U.S. Students Switch Majors to Dodge AI Jobs

4/27/2026

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  • 70% of college students in the United States are changing majors to avoid AI-related job threats.
  • Josephine Timperman, 20, switched from business analytics to marketing at Miami University in Ohio, keeping an analytics minor.
  • Ben Aybar, 22, applied to 50 jobs without an interview before beginning a master’s while consulting.
  • Ava Lawless, a data-science major at the University of Virginia, may switch to studio art fearing data-science jobs after graduation.