Among College students who graduated in 2013, those majoring in architecture were the happiest. They ranked first in both job satisfaction and employment rate, a survey shows.

It also found that with the improvement in public awareness of environmental protection, specialties such as urban planning and water supply and drainage engineering also offered the best job satisfaction and employment prospects.

This is according to the 2014 Chinese College Graduates' Employment Annual Report, released on Monday by MyCOS, an education consulting and research institute in Beijing.

The report released rankings for employability, employment satisfaction, and monthly income. It also classified the red majors (least promising), yellow majors (need careful consideration), and green majors (most promising).

The employment rate for college grads (91.4 percent) in 2013 has seen a slight increase compared to the previous year (90.9 percent), and their monthly incomes are trending upwards six months after graduation, but the growth rate is still lower than that of city residents as a whole.

Red majors in 2014

Biological Sciences and Biotechnology Engineering, Law, Biotechnology, Biological Engineering, Animation, Fine Arts, Art and Design and Physical Education

Yellow majors in 2014

Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Electronic Information Science and Technology, Public Affairs Management, Chinese Language and Literature, English, Business Administration, International Economy and Trade

Green majors in 2014

Architecture, Engineering Geology, Mineral Processing Engineering, Mining Engineering, Oil and Gas Storage and Transportation Engineering, Vehicle Engineering, Urban Planning, Ship and Marine Engineering, Auditing

Red majors: students face a high unemployment rate, low rate of finding employment, lower monthly income, low job satisfaction and high risk of redundancy.

Yellow majors: students face low monthly incomes and low job satisfaction.

Green majors: students’ monthly income and the employment rate continued to rise, with low unemployment rate and high job satisfaction and increasing employment demand.

The article is edited and translated from《2014年大学生就业蓝皮书发布 建筑学毕业生最幸福》, source: bjwb.bjd.com.cn