The match between a worker's education and job has received much attention in the
literature. Studies have focused on the match between years of schooling and the schooling
required for the job, but the quantity of schooling is only one way to consider the match
between schooling and jobs. This paper considers the relationship between college majors
and occupations. Data from the National Survey of College Graduates are used to examine
the extent to which workers report that their work activities unrelated to the college major …