OMC Ranks Nursing First at 98.5% Employment in 12 Master's Fields
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Updated · The National Law Review · Aug 26
OMC Ranks Nursing First at 98.5% Employment in 12 Master's Fields
2 articles · Updated · The National Law Review · Aug 26
Summary
A new OnlineMastersColleges.com report ranked 12 master's fields by employment rate, with nursing leading at about 98.5% and physician assistant studies and computer science both above 97%.
Healthcare and tech dominated because the analysis emphasized real-world job placement, drawing on BLS, NCES and licensing data rather than salary or school prestige.
Cybersecurity, accounting, speech-language pathology, occupational therapy, and data science also cleared 95%, while the report said salary and employment strength do not always move together.
More than 120 graduate programs across 60-plus universities were also reviewed, and only a minority publicly reported placement rates or standardized employment outcomes.
The report argues that gap leaves students comparing programs with limited career-result data, especially as lower-employment fields such as fine arts and general humanities lag the top tier.