{"id":258213,"date":"2026-05-28T13:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T17:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/5-tips-for-picking-a-college-and-a-major-in-the-age-of-ai\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T18:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T22:30:11","slug":"5-tips-for-picking-a-college-and-a-major-in-the-age-of-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/5-tips-for-picking-a-college-and-a-major-in-the-age-of-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Tips For Picking A College And A Major In The Age Of AI"},"content":{"rendered":"

5 Tips For Picking A College And A Major In The Age Of AI<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/lisachambers\/2026\/05\/28\/5-tips-for-picking-a-college-and-a-major-in-the-age-of-ai\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-05-28 13:05:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.forbes.com<\/a><\/p>\n

College students are trying to figure out how to incorporate AI into their choice of major.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Midway through his master\u2019s degree in computer science at Stony Brook University, Murtaza Mister realized the job market he had been preparing for was changing in real time.<\/p>\n

After applying to more than 3,000 jobs and internships over his time in school, the 23-year-old began noticing employers were no longer asking only for traditional computer science skills. \u201cI saw the job descriptions evolve from asking for computer science fundamentals to being able to use AI tools, and then build with AI tools,\u201d he says. \u201cHalfway through my master\u2019s degree, I realized that I also needed to add this layer to my current portfolio.\u201d<\/p>\n

Students across the country are making similarly evolving calculations as artificial intelligence reshapes how they think about majors, careers and the value of college itself. A new Lumina Foundation-Gallup survey of more than 3,500 students pursuing bachelor\u2019s or associate degrees found that 47% had considered changing majors because of AI, either \u201ca great deal\u201d or a \u201cfair amount.\u201d The most likely to have considered it were those in tech fields, with 70% having given it that level of thought. The least likely to ponder a change? Students studying the natural sciences and training for the health care professions, which not so coincidentally have been the fastest growing employment fields recently. <\/p>\n

\u201cStudents are not waiting for the future of work to arrive,\u201d says Courtney Brown, vice president of impact and planning at Lumina Foundation and the study\u2019s lead researcher. \u201cThey’re trying to respond to it now and figure out what\u2019s best.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s clearly better than doing nothing. But Brown suggests taking a longer term, broader view, when deciding what to study.<\/p>\n

1. Don\u2019t Kid Yourself About \u201cAI-Proof\u201d Careers<\/h2>\n

Many students are understandably trying to identify which career fields might survive AI disruption. (A recent…<\/p>\n

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