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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Underlying all these discussions but rarely stressed…[b]you have to go to one of only like 20-30 schools to see tremendous financial success as an English major.
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I doubt even the successful English majors on this thread would encourage their kid to be an English major at Radford or ODU or any o end thousands of different schools.

Hence why so many posts start with “I went to a top 3 LAC”…which is a far different reality for most kids.[/quote]

That is true, but that is also true for truly top tech and stem positions, top CEOs, T14 law(which feeds to Big Law, Scotus etc), top med schools and phDs: those same 30 schools for undergrad are overrepresented at the top of all fields. Not necessarily by salary, and certainly not by salary less than 10 years out, but by overall prestige and impact. Top doctors at the cutting edge of research need to be in top hospital systems: these choose preferentially from top med schools, whose rosters have a significant overrepresentation of the same 30 undergrad institutions. Is the boost of undergrad pedigree bigger for English majors? Probably. But it exists all the same for all sectors of "white collar" jobs. Of course one can get to the top at schools outside these 30, but it becomes harder and harder the further down you go. [/quote]

You are at a statistical advantage if you look at schools where F500 CEOs attended…however 80% didn’t attend those schools.

The main point is that a STEM graduate from ODU can likely get a decent job…but an English major from ODU is likely not going to have a great career outcome.[/quote]
yes, it's all about comparing apples to apples. An English major from Harvard may have better outcomes than a STEM from ODU, but I bet if we compare outcomes between the English major at ODU and the STEM graduate...won't even be in the same stratosphere.[/quote]

STEM at ODU [b]crushes[/b] English at Harvard. 😂

Institution
Old Dominion University
Major
Computer Engineering.
Earnings at Age 25
$70,975
Earnings at Age 45
$131,110
ROI (Before Completion Adjustment)
$1,241,647
ROI (After Completion Adjustment)
$837,439
ROI (Adjusting for Completion and Underlying Spending)
$788,978

Institution
Harvard University
Major
English Language and Literature, General.
Earnings at Age 25
$42,722
Earnings at Age 45
$91,878
ROI (Before Completion Adjustment)
$532,903
ROI (After Completion Adjustment)
$502,152
ROI (Adjusting for Completion and Underlying Spending)
$25,133
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Now quickly do that for the rest of STEM, not just TE... :lol: [/quote]

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