These are the top 5 college majors employers want to hire

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Chemical engineering students work in a lab at University of California, Davis.

More employers are looking to hire students who studied engineering in college more than any other major, according to a new survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers.

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The questionnaire asked employers to rate the majors they targeted when hiring, as Forbes' Susan Adams reports.

Engineering was the most popular response, with 72% of respondents saying they want to hire students enrolled in those programs.

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These are the top 5 majors employers are looking to hire, according to NACE:

  1. Engineering
  2. Business
  3. Computer Sciences
  4. Accounting
  5. Economics

The NACE report got responses from 162 employers - 55% of whom said they're planning to increase the number of college graduates they hire.

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NOTE: "Miscellaneous majors" was originally ranked fifth on NACE's report, but we've excluded it in favor of more specific results.

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