The story starts not in boardrooms or a hiring fair but in the uneasy quiet of college libraries across America. Gen Z students, who are already burdened by debt and spiraling competition, are making a strategic calculation that their predecessors rarely considered. Well, thanks to the tightening job market. The unemployment among recent graduates is inching upward, and early signals suggest the class of 2026 will face an even more unforgiving labour market. Students are turning to an old idea with renewed urgency: The double major. It is no longer a badge of academic ambition; it is a form of self-defence. New data analysed by The Hechinger Report reveals a seismic spike in students pursuing two fields of study at once. Drexel University has seen a 591% surge in double majors over

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