Which undergraduate degrees offer the best return on investment for someone watching every dollar spent on education?
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Fan-out diagram
The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
Which undergraduate degrees offer the best return on investment for someone watching every dollar spent on education?
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
best college majors return on investment 2025 earnings debt Georgetown CEW engineering nursing computer science accountingGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDComparison
BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook 2024 2034 fastest growing occupations bachelor's degree nursing engineering computer science accountantsGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDShort fact
Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (2)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 2 of 2 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT2 real searches · gpt-6
best college majors return on investment 2025 earnings debt Georgetown CEW engineering nursing computer science accounting Google ↗
BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook 2024 2034 fastest growing occupations bachelor's degree nursing engineering computer science accountants Google ↗
- Education Pays 2026 · research.collegeboard.org
- The Major Payoff: Evaluating Earnings and Employment Outcomes Across Bachelor's Degrees · cew.georgetown.edu
- Ranking 4,600 Colleges by ROI (2025) · cew.georgetown.edu
- CEW’s Year in Review: 2025 · cew.georgetown.edu
- U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard · collegescorecard.ed.gov
- Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook · bls.gov
Queries
2 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
best college majors return on investment 2025 earnings debt Georgetown CEW engineering nursing computer science accounting OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Comparison | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook 2024 2034 fastest growing occupations bachelor's degree nursing engineering computer science accountants OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Short fact | — | — | 1x of 1 |