For high school seniors considering a college and sending applications, a few factors come into play. First, how much it costs per year and where it is located. Then comes deciding a major.

While certain schools are better known for different majors, and while that factors into picking a school, settling on a major should not be a snap decision.

InsideHigherEd.com writer and education expert Eric Stoller said the search for a major to study should offer immediate career opportunity and long-term satisfaction.

"Ideally, it's a combination of job prospects and the joy of learning," said Stoller. But "realistically, students need to have a good understanding of the demand for certain majors and their connection to future careers."

Yahoo! Education writer Danielle Blundell posted the five college majors with the highest unemployment rate in the professional field. The information is based on a 2013 report by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce titled "Hard Times: College Majors, Unemployment and Earnings."

1: Information Systems

Unemployment Rate: 14.7 percent

According to Pamela T. Rambo, owner of career and college advising firm Rambo Research and Consulting in Williamsburg, VA, said information systems students learn how to teach and train others to use technology.

Professionals in this field help people in homes and at work to do everything from using e-mail to fixing servers.

2: Architecture

Unemployment Rate: 12.8 percent

This profession has its obvious rewards: designing buildings, seeing them being constructed and, of course, the potential for a big pay day. However, since the real estate bubble burst, fewer buildings are being built.

3: Anthropology

Unemployment Rate: 12.6 percent

Defined by the College Board, this profession is the study of humans and primates and is not in very high demand. The highest demand for anthropologists is in college institutions and that is a highly competitive job.

4: Film/Video/Photographic Arts

Unemployment Rate: 11.4 percent

This is a very artistically rewarding profession because the jobs include director, producer, screenwriter, video/photographer and more. However, it is very hard to break into this industry because of very few salaried positions and a lot of competition.

5: Political Science

Unemployment Rate: 11.1 percent

Working for the government normally has plenty of benefits, but it is getting harder and harder to become a civil servant. Rambo said the field's growth has been slowing, but the number graduates in this field remains high.