New survey results show generative AI is reshaping how students think about the labor market, driving widespread reconsideration of majors. A Gallup and Lumina Foundation analysis cited in multiple reports found 47% of students have considered switching majors because of AI-related job disruption. Data also indicates that concerns are not evenly distributed: technology-focused students reported the highest levels of major-change thinking, while health care and natural sciences students reported lower levels. The findings suggest that even when AI is not the only factor, students are now treating workforce alignment as a direct selection criterion. For enrollment and student success offices, the immediate impact is the need to strengthen career advising, curriculum-to-workforce messaging, and AI literacy supports that help students interpret AI’s effect on occupations rather than assume wholesale replacement.