The Great Recession led to big changes in what US college students chose to study. The Great Recession led to a shift towards more job-oriented majors, and a decrease of the humanities and social sciences. If this economic slowdown follows past ones, higher education policy economists and experts suggest that there be another push towards majors for example, engineering, finance, economics, and nursing that lead to higher-paying, stable jobs.
See "Economic Situation Shifts College Major Projections", Michelle Cheng, Quartz at Work , May 1, 2020