Wcpo iconWcpoAug 25, 2026

Interactive: How AI and student debt are reeshaping what Americans study

Student loan costs, a cooling job market, and the looming shadow of artificial intelligence are all reshaping how the next generation picks a major.

Interactive: How AI and student debt are reeshaping what Americans study

Share this story

Send the public story page.

Useful takeaways from this story.

Student loan costs, a cooling job market, and the looming shadow of artificial intelligence are all reshaping how the next generation picks a major.

Building the complete brief

The page is ready to read now. The fuller skim-friendly version will appear here automatically.

The useful part

Student loan costs, a cooling job market, and the looming shadow of artificial intelligence are all reshaping how the next generation picks a major.

Keep reading in the app

Open the app view to save this story, compare related coverage, and continue from the same source.

Open in app