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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The new College Scorecard data is very interesting, especially the median salary info based on majors right out of school. The info for small schools is sparse, though for big state schools it’s super helpful. For instance the highest paid major at UVA is Computer & Information Science (median salary = 85,600) and the lowest provided is Biology (27,400). Highest at Michigan is also Computer & Information Science (86,900) and lowest is Ecology (19,200). UNC’s top paying major is Business Administration (71,800) and lowest is Romance Languages (19,800). Some majors aren’t provided because there are not enough students who took out federal loans who studied them.

https://collegescorecard.ed.gov

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This is silly. Engineering and CS start out high, regardless of school. UNC doesn’t have an engineering school at all.  Bio starting salaries are usually  going to be low, because those kids are often pre-med or PhD tracked. So their first salaries are TA stipends or intern salaries. Romance languages is not going to pay well 90% of the time.  You can teach and . . . teach.  You need to be looking at mid career salaries and comparing engineering with engineering and Bio with Bio. [/quote]

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